2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Malbina · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Malbina
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 11.5% of people live alone in Malbina, a figure far below the national average. This sparsely populated area is mostly made up of larger households, with many containing four or more people. This creates a local profile where single-person homes are quite rare.
2.7
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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 Malbina — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with a typical size of 2.7 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure. This is reflected in the mix, as 34.6% of households have four people, while only 11.5% are single-person homes.
11.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Malbina splits fairly evenly between 2 people (45%) and 4 people (41%), with 1 person at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples without children, though 38.2% are couples with children. One-parent families make up just 5.9% of the total, which is far below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
5.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Malbina, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 41%.
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 Malbina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60379/malbina/topic/family-households