2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Derby · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Derby
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 60% of families in Derby are couples without children, making this the most common family type in the area. Small households are the norm here, with many residents living alone and very few one-parent families compared to the rest of the state.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Derby — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common in Derby, where the typical home holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the high number of people living alone, at 36.6%, a figure far above the Australian average.
36.6% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 50.6%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Derby, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (39%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.1% of the total, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 15.9%. Most families are couples, with 59.3% being couples without children and 45.8% being couples with children.
5.1% ▼ -73.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Derby, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 42%.
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 Derby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60150/derby/topic/family-households