2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mathinna · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mathinna
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Mathinna live on their own, which is far above the national figure. This contributes to a smaller typical home size, with just 2.0 people per household compared to the Australian average of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 Mathinna — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most other areas, making up 36.4% of households. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 29.0% and explains why homes are generally smaller than usual.
36.4% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mathinna, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with and without children each make up 38.9% of families. One-parent families account for 13.7%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.
13.7% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mathinna splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Mathinna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60386/mathinna/topic/family-households