2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Colebrook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Colebrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes shape daily life in Colebrook, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is much lower than most areas, with a high proportion of residents living on their own.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Colebrook — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, making up 34.6% of all households, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most frequent at 37%.
34.6% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Colebrook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (38%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 40.6% of families, followed closely by couples without children at 38.6%. One-parent families account for 13.0%, which is higher than most areas but a little below the Tasmanian average.
13.0% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Colebrook splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Colebrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60120/colebrook/topic/family-households