2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Karanja · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Karanja
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families live in Karanja compared to the rest of the state and country. This small area has a unique family makeup, with 25.9% of households led by a single parent, which is well above the Tasmanian average.
2.2
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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 Karanja — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly smaller than usual, with 2.2 people per home. This is a little below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
Household size
View on map →In Karanja, 2 people is the majority at 60%; 1 person is next at 40%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 25.9% of the community, a figure far above the national average. Other common arrangements include couples without children, who represent 40.7% of families.
25.9% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Karanja, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (28%) and One-parent families (28%).
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 Karanja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60296/karanja/topic/family-households