2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gunns Plains · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Gunns Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all households in Gunns Plains consist of two people, creating a community where small family units are the norm. While the area has a mix of living arrangements, there is a notably lower rate of people living alone compared to the rest of Tasmania.
2.4
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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 Gunns Plains — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Tasmanian and national figures. Around 23.3% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the state average of 29.0%.
23.3% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gunns Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children and those without children make up equal shares of the population at 43.2% each. One-parent families account for 13.0%, which is higher than most similar areas, though a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
13.0% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Gunns Plains splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Gunns Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60256/gunns-plains/topic/family-households