Lunawanna · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Lunawanna

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small households are the norm in Lunawanna, where 40.7% of people live alone. This makes the area stand out as a place where many residents live independently, resulting in a very low typical number of people per home compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Lunawanna, Suburb / Locality

Where Lunawanna sits — Average household size

1.8
  • 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 Lunawanna — lower than 91% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Lunawanna1.8
7150, TAS 2.4
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is far more common here than in Tasmania or Australia, with 40.7% of households consisting of one person. This helps explain why the typical home in Lunawanna has just 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.

1.8

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.5
  • 2021: 1.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

40.7%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 44.4%
  • 2021: 40.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Lunawanna splits fairly evenly between 2 people (42%) and 1 person (40%), with 3 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 58.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 12.2%, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.9%.

12.2%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 12.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Lunawanna, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 30%.

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 Lunawanna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60371/lunawanna/topic/family-households