2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Cam · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Cam
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes are the norm in East Cam, where an average of 2.8 people live in each dwelling. This is a family-focused area with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 East Cam — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People per home is a little above the national figure at 2.8, which is much higher than most areas. Only 15.7% of residents live alone, a figure far below the Tasmanian average of 29%.
15.7% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In East Cam, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 4 people (25%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 66.7% of families here, while one-parent families are far below the national figure at just 2.4%.
2.4% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Cam, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 East Cam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60175/east-cam/topic/family-households