2.2 ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kimberley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kimberley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 39% of people live alone in Kimberley (Tas.), which is far higher than the national figure. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.2
▼ -18.5%
- 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 Kimberley — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Kimberley holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. This low number is driven by a high proportion of single-person homes, which are much more common here than in most other areas.
38.5% ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Kimberley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.4% of the population, a figure well below both the Tasmanian and Australian averages. Most families here are couples, with 47.9% raising children and 40.4% without.
6.4% ▲ +33.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kimberley, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (7%).
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 Kimberley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60304/kimberley/topic/family-households