2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Exeter · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Exeter
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 31% of people in Exeter live alone, a figure well above the national average. This high rate of single-person households is a key feature of the area, though the overall typical home size remains similar to the rest of the state.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Exeter — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Exeter has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Tasmanian figure. While 36.5% of homes house two people, a high 31.1% of residents live alone, which is much higher than most similar areas.
31.1% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Exeter, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.4% of families in Exeter. One-parent families account for 13.5% of the total, a rate that is higher than most areas but a little below the Tasmanian average.
13.5% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Exeter, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Exeter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60195/exeter/topic/family-households