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.
Franklin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Franklin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Franklin have remained steady over the last decade, with a typical home now housing 2.4 people. This is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia. Most homes are occupied by couples, though nearly 15% of families are led by a single parent.
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 Franklin — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here at 44%, while 22.8% of people live alone. This rate of single-person households is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29%.
22.8% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Franklin, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.6% of families, and couples without children account for 38.4%. One-parent families represent 14.1% of the total, a figure higher than most similar areas.
14.1% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Franklin, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Franklin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60215/franklin/topic/family-households