2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Downlands · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Downlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Downlands compared to the rest of the state, with only 19.8% of households containing a single person. This is a family-focused area where homes are generally busier than the Tasmanian average, with typical households holding 2.6 people.
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 Downlands — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 39.6% of households containing two people. The proportion of people living alone is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%.
19.8% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Downlands, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 57.2%. One-parent families are much more common here than in most similar areas, accounting for 17.0% of the total.
17.0% ▲ +57.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Downlands, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Downlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60166/downlands/topic/family-households