2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fern Tree · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fern Tree
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Fern Tree than in the rest of Tasmania, with only 18.4% of households being single-person homes. This makes the area a strong hub for families, where the typical home holds 2.6 people.
2.6
▲ +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 Fern Tree — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are larger than in most areas, with 43.5% of households containing two people and 17% holding four. This is consistent with the low number of single-person households, which is well below the national figure.
18.4% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fern Tree, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, as 59.1% of homes are couples with children. This explains why one-parent families make up only 6.1% of the total, a figure that is much lower than both the state and national averages.
6.1% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fern Tree, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Fern Tree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60199/fern-tree/topic/family-households