2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dilston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dilston
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Dilston than in most other areas, with an average of 2.6 people per home. This makes the area feel more family-oriented than the state average, as fewer people live on their own compared to the rest of Tasmania.
2.6
→ 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 Dilston — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common at 38.3%. Only 22.8% of people live alone, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%.
22.8% ▲ +87.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dilston, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a large 59.3% of families. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 8.4%, a figure that is well below both the state and national levels.
8.4% ▲ +118.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dilston, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Dilston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60157/dilston/topic/family-households