Gowrie Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Gowrie Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people live under one roof in Gowrie Park than in most other parts of the country. The typical home here has just 1.9 people, which is well below the Tasmanian and national figures.

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📍 Gowrie Park, Suburb / Locality

Where Gowrie Park sits — Average household size

1.9
  • 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 Gowrie Park — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Gowrie Park1.9
7306, TAS 2.3
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 1.9 people per home, the typical household size is well below the state figure of 2.4 and the national figure of 2.5.

1.9

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Gowrie Park splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 26%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up nearly half of all families at 47.8%. One-parent families account for 13.0% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the state and national averages.

13.0%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 13.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Gowrie Park, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 22%.

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 Gowrie Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60243/gowrie-park/topic/family-households