2.6 ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Derwent Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Derwent Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Derwent Park are couples with children. This area has a higher number of people per home than most similar places, with a typical household size of 2.6 people. It is also a community where single-parent families are far more common than in the rest of the state.
2.6
▲ +13.0%
- 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 Derwent Park — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here tend to be slightly larger than the Tasmanian average, with 2.6 people per household. About 28.1% of residents live alone, which is a little above the national figure.
28.1% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Derwent Park splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 28% of the total, a figure far above both the state and national averages. Couples with children are the most common family type at 48%, while 23.6% are couples without children.
28.0% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Derwent Park, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by One-parent families (28%) and Couples without children (23%).
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 Derwent Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60152/derwent-park/topic/family-households