2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lawitta · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lawitta
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Lawitta are couples with children, making it a place where larger households are common. The area has a strong family focus, with far fewer people living alone than is typical across Tasmania and Australia.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Lawitta — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with a typical size of 2.7 people. This is reflected in the low number of single-person households, at 20.2%, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%.
20.2% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lawitta, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.4% of families, while those without children account for 34.2%. One-parent families represent 11.4% of the total, which is well below the state average of 15.9%.
11.4% ▲ +81.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lawitta, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Lawitta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60323/lawitta/topic/family-households