2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Don · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Don
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Don, where only 16.2% of people live alone. This means far fewer residents live by themselves compared to the rest of Tasmania and Australia, creating a community where most people share their homes.
2.7
→ 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 Don — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Don typically hold 2.7 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. Two-person households are the most common, making up 42.5% of all homes.
16.2% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Don, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.3% of families here. One-parent families account for only 8.3%, a figure that is well below both the Tasmanian and national averages.
8.3% ▲ +35.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Don, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Don [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60162/don/topic/family-households