2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lefroy · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lefroy
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Lefroy than in the rest of the state, with 40.6% of households consisting of just one person. This gap makes the area stand out significantly compared to both Tasmania and the national average. While single-person homes are common, the typical household size remains around 2.5 people.
2.5
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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 Lefroy — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 40.6% of homes are occupied by one person, a figure far above the 29% seen across Tasmania. Other common setups include two-person households at 25% and larger homes with six or more people at 9.4%.
40.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lefroy, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (29%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.6% of the area, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is slightly above the national figure of 14.1%, while couples with children form the largest group at 56.3%.
15.6% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lefroy, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 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 Lefroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60326/lefroy/topic/family-households