2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Geeveston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Geeveston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Geeveston live on their own, making single-person households much more common here than across Australia. While families make up a large part of the area, there is a notable presence of people living alone compared to the national trend.
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 Geeveston — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 29.7% of people live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. The typical home has 2.4 people, a rate about the same as Tasmania and Australia.
29.7% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Geeveston, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 53.2%. One-parent families account for 14.3%, which is higher than most similar areas but slightly below the Tasmanian average.
14.3% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Geeveston, 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 Geeveston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60223/geeveston/topic/family-households