2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elderslie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elderslie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Elderslie compared to the rest of Tasmania, with only 14.8% of households being single-person homes. This trend helps explain why the typical home here is larger than average, holding 2.8 people.
2.8
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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 Elderslie — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Elderslie are a little larger than those across Tasmania and Australia, with a typical size of 2.8 people. Nearly half of all households consist of two people, while 14.8% are single-person homes, a figure far below the national average.
14.8% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Elderslie, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 3 people (14%) and 1 person (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.3% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 12.9% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas but well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.9%.
12.9% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elderslie, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Elderslie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60184/elderslie/topic/family-households