2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dairy Plains · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dairy Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are the norm in Dairy Plains, where nearly three people typically live in each home. This high number is driven by a strong presence of families with children, making it a place where few people live in small groups.
2.9
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- 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 Dairy Plains — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, household size is much higher than in most areas and sits a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. Interestingly, 29.2% of people live alone, which is well above the national average of 25.6%.
29.2% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dairy Plains splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (39%), with 4 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 72.5% of families here. This helps explain why one-parent families are so rare at 5.9%, a figure that is far below the state average of 15.9%.
5.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dairy Plains, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Dairy Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60144/dairy-plains/topic/family-households