2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dover · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dover
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all households in Dover are couples without children, reflecting a trend toward smaller living groups. This is a place where many people live alone or in pairs, leaving the typical home smaller than the state and national figures.
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 Dover — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with only 2.1 people per household. This is partly because 33.9% of people live alone, which is well above the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
33.9% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dover, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 46.3%, while 41.2% are couples with children. Single-parent families represent 12.3%, a figure that is well below the Tasmanian average.
12.3% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dover, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Dover [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60165/dover/topic/family-households