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Castra · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Castra

How families and households are made up across the area.

Almost 79% of families in Castra are couples with children, making this the dominant household type for the area. This strong presence of family units is reflected in the local housing patterns, where most homes are shared by multiple people.

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Where Castra sits — Average household size

2.4 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Castra — lower than 57% of areas.

Castra2.4
7315, TAS 2.3
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

There are typically 2.4 people per home in Castra, which is about the same as the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.

Average household size

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2.4 —

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Castra splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 4 people (35%), with 2 people at 25%.

1 person 42.1% 4 people 36.8% 2 people 26.3%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families are almost exclusively couples, with 78.6% having children and 14.3% without. Notably, there are no one-parent families, a figure far below the Tasmanian average of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.

One-parent families

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0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Castra, Couples with children is the majority at 85%; Couples without children is next at 15%.

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 Castra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60103/castra/topic/family-households