2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Ridgley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Ridgley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in East Ridgley than in most similar areas. While half of the families here have children, the area has a very low rate of single-parent households compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.3
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- 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 Ridgley — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. Only 21.1% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below both the Tasmanian and Australian averages.
21.1% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In East Ridgley, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50% of families, while couples without children account for 48.8%. Single-parent families are very rare here at 3.7%, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
3.7% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →East Ridgley splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (48%), with One-parent families at 4%.
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 Ridgley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60178/east-ridgley/topic/family-households