2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gretna · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gretna
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger living arrangements define daily life in Gretna, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits above both the state and national figures. This trend is driven by a high proportion of families with children living together.
2.8
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- 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 Gretna — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most households have two people (37.2%), while those living alone make up 25.6% of the total. This share of single-person homes is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%.
25.6% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gretna, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families are couples with children (51.4%). One-parent families make up 19.5% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
19.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gretna, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Gretna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60252/gretna/topic/family-households