2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Highclere · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Highclere
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than two-thirds of families in Highclere are couples with children, making it a community with a strong focus on family life. Most homes here are larger than the state average, with an average of 2.6 people per household.
2.6
▲ +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 Highclere — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Highclere is slightly larger than the Tasmania average, with 2.6 people per household. About 25% of residents live alone, which is well below the state figure of 29%.
25.0% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Highclere splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 4 people (30%), with 1 person at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with 67.3% of families being couples with children. Only 10.2% are one-parent families, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
10.2% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Highclere, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without 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 Highclere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60272/highclere/topic/family-households