2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Legana · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Legana
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Legana than in most similar areas, with the typical household holding 2.6 people. This is a family-oriented community where 58% of households are couples with children, resulting in far fewer people living alone compared to the rest of Tasmania.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Legana — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. Only 21.2% of households are people living alone, a figure well below the 29% seen across the state.
21.2% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Legana, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58%, while couples without children account for 31%. Only 10.4% are one-parent families, which is well below both the state and national figures.
10.4% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Legana, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Legana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60327/legana/topic/family-households