Copping · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Copping

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people live alone in Copping than in most similar areas, making it a place where households are typically larger. The area is predominantly made up of families, with over half of all households consisting of couples with children.

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📍 Copping, Suburb / Locality

Where Copping sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Copping — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Copping2.6
7174, TAS 2.6
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Copping are larger than usual, with 2.6 people per household compared to 2.4 in Tasmania. This is reflected in the fact that only 14.3% of people live alone, which is far below the state figure of 29.0%.

2.6

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

14.3%

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 25.0%
  • 2021: 14.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Copping, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (14%) and 4 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the majority of families at 54.9%. One-parent families account for 13.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas but a little below the Tasmanian average of 15.9%.

13.6%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 19.4%
  • 2021: 13.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Copping, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 32%.

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 Copping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60127/copping/topic/family-households