2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Longley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Longley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few people live alone in Longley, where the typical home is busier and more crowded than in most other areas. Most households are larger than the state average, reflecting a community dominated by family groups rather than single occupants.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Longley — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.7 people live in each home, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. Only 10.3% of people live alone, a rate far below both the state and national figures.
10.3% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Longley, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central here, with couples with children making up 60.5% of all families. One-parent families account for 10.5%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.5% ▲ +82.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Longley, 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 Longley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60351/longley/topic/family-households