Flowery Gully · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Flowery Gully

How families and households are made up across the area.

Very few people live alone in Flowery Gully, with only 9.7% of households being single-person homes. This is far below the Tasmanian and national figures, making the area a place where most residents live in shared households.

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📍 Flowery Gully, Suburb / Locality

Where Flowery Gully sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 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 Flowery Gully — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Flowery Gully2.5
7270, TAS 2.2
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Two-person households are the most common, making up 61.3% of all homes in the area.

2.5

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

9.7%

Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 14.3%
  • 2021: 9.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Flowery Gully, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 3 people is next at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Half of all families are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 17.6%. This share of single-parent homes is well above the Australian average and much higher than in most similar areas.

17.6%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.5%
  • 2021: 17.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Flowery Gully, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (16%).

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 Flowery Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60206/flowery-gully/topic/family-households