2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Macquarie Plains · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Macquarie Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all households in Macquarie Plains consist of just two people. This makes for a small typical home size compared to other areas, with fewer people living alone than is common across Tasmania.
2.2
—
- 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 Macquarie Plains — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. About 22.7% of residents live alone, a rate well below the state average of 29.0%.
22.7% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Macquarie Plains, 2 people is the majority at 58%; 1 person is next at 26%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 39.0%. One-parent families account for 9.8% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.8% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Macquarie Plains, the largest group is Couples without children at 44%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Macquarie Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60377/macquarie-plains/topic/family-households