2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Devonport · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Devonport
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living than most similar areas mark East Devonport. This trend is reflected in the small typical household size of 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Devonport — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 33.9% of people here live alone, a figure well above the Tasmanian average of 29.0%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 36.9% of all households.
33.9% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →East Devonport splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 28.9% of the total, which is far above the Australian figure of 14.1% and among the highest for areas of this size.
28.9% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Devonport, the largest group is Couples with children at 39%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (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 Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60176/east-devonport/topic/family-households