Gravelly Beach · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Gravelly Beach

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people live alone in Gravelly Beach than in most similar areas. This small community has a high proportion of single-person households, though over half of all families are couples raising children.

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📍 Gravelly Beach, Suburb / Locality

Where Gravelly Beach sits — Average household size

2.3 → 0.0%
  • 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 Gravelly Beach — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Gravelly Beach2.3
7276, TAS 2.3
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 30.2% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. With a typical household size of 2.3 people, this is lower than most areas.

2.3 → 0.0%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.2% ▲ +3.3%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 29.3%
  • 2016: 31.1%
  • 2021: 30.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Gravelly Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 55.6% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 8.9%, a figure well below both the Tasmanian and national averages.

8.9% ▼ -35.5%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.8%
  • 2016: 14.7%
  • 2021: 8.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Gravelly Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 33%.

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 Gravelly Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60248/gravelly-beach/topic/family-households