2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Copping · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Copping — higher than 57% of areas.
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
14.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Copping, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (14%) and 4 people (14%).
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Copping, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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