2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Deloraine · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A significantly higher share of people live alone in Deloraine than in most other areas. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the state and country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Deloraine — lower than 76% of areas.
Average household size.
About 33.7% of residents live alone, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 29.0% and the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Deloraine holds 2.2 people, slightly lower than the national figure of 2.5.
2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
33.7% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Deloraine splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 16.0% of the local total, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1% and about the same as the state average.
16.0% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Deloraine, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (16%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Deloraine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60148/deloraine/topic/family-households