1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Falmouth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Falmouth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 39% of people live alone in Falmouth, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This contributes to a very small typical household size for the area. It is a place where small living arrangements are the norm.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Falmouth — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Falmouth holds just 1.9 people, a figure well below both the state and national averages. Almost half of all households consist of two people, while those living alone are much more common here than in most other areas.
38.7% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Falmouth, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 41%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the biggest group of families at 55.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families are very rare here at 4.4%, which is far below the Tasmanian average of 15.9%.
4.4% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Falmouth, Couples without children is the majority at 57%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 Falmouth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60197/falmouth/topic/family-households