2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maydena · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Maydena
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Maydena are occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person households means the area has a much lower number of people per home than most other similar places.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Maydena — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Almost 49% of residents live alone, which is far above the figures for Tasmania and Australia. Because of this, the typical home in Maydena holds 2.1 people, a little below the national figure of 2.5.
48.7% ▲ +36.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maydena, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (24%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children (61.5%), though one-parent families make up 16.2% of the total. This share of single-parent families is much higher than in most similar areas.
16.2% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maydena, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Maydena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60389/maydena/topic/family-households