2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Electrona · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Electrona than in most similar areas. The suburb is largely defined by families, with a very low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Electrona — higher than 76% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per house, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. Only 14.8% of people live alone, a rate far below the 29% seen across Tasmania.
2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
14.8% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Electrona, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 1 person (15%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.4%. One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, accounting for 17.1% of the total.
17.1% ▲ +96.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Electrona, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Electrona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60185/electrona/topic/family-households