2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lower Wattle Grove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lower Wattle Grove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 8.1% of people in Lower Wattle Grove live alone, a figure far below the Tasmanian and national averages. This reflects a community where the vast majority of homes are shared with others, making it a place dominated by family living.
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 Lower Wattle Grove — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Most households contain two people (37.8%) or three people (27.0%), while only a small minority consist of a single person.
8.1% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lower Wattle Grove, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 3 people (29%) and 5 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with 62.4% of households being couples with children. One-parent families make up 8.2% of the total, which is well below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
8.2% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lower Wattle Grove, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Lower Wattle Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60364/lower-wattle-grove/topic/family-households