2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dysart · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dysart
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Dysart than in most other areas, with 2.6 people living in the typical home. This means daily life here often involves larger households, though a surprising number of residents still live on their own.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Dysart — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 27.8% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure. Despite this, 42.2% of homes are shared by two people, and the overall household size is a little above the Tasmanian average.
27.8% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dysart, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.9% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
10.9% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dysart, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Dysart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60173/dysart/topic/family-households