2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Irishtown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Irishtown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Irishtown than in most other areas, which makes it a place where most residents share their homes. Over half of the families here are couples with children, contributing to a typical household size that is slightly larger than the state figure.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Irishtown — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in the typical home, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 17.9%, which is far below the state average.
17.9% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Irishtown, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.7%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.
13.7% ▲ +27.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Irishtown, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Irishtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60289/irishtown/topic/family-households