2.0 ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7
- 2016: 1.5
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cape Barren Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cape Barren Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Living arrangements on Cape Barren Island have shifted since 2011, with a small population now more likely to live alone. Over half of all homes are occupied by just one person, making the island much less crowded than the rest of the country.
2.0
▲ +17.6%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cape Barren Island — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 53.8% of households, which is far above the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%. Because of this, the typical home holds only 2.0 people, well below the Australian average of 2.5.
53.8% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cape Barren Island, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are very common here, making up 29.5% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples with children at 38.6% and couples without children at 27.3%.
29.5% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cape Barren Island, the largest group is Couples with children at 40%, followed by One-parent families (31%) and Couples without children (29%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Cape Barren Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60095/cape-barren-island/topic/family-households