4.4 —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Detention · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Detention
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are the norm in Detention, where a typical home holds 4.4 people. This is far above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4 and the national figure of 2.5. This high density is driven by a strong presence of families with children.
4.4
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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 Detention — higher than 99% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 4.4 people per home, Detention has some of the highest household occupancy rates among similar areas. This is far above the 2.5 people usually found in Australian homes.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost all families here are couples with children, making up 83.9% of the total. There are no one-parent families, which is far below the Tasmanian rate of 15.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Detention, Couples with children is the majority at 100%.
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 Detention [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60153/detention/topic/family-households