2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Margate · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Margate
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and fewer people living alone shape daily life in Margate. The area is dominated by family households, with a typical home hosting 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Margate — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People per home are much higher than in most areas, and only 17.6% of residents live alone. This is well below the national figure of 25.6%, with 33.1% of households consisting of two people.
17.6% ▲ +20.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Margate, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 64.7%. One-parent families account for 11.5%, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.9%.
11.5% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Margate, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Margate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60382/margate/topic/family-households