3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mella · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mella
How families and households are made up across the area.
An average of 3.0 people live in each Mella home, which is much higher than most areas. This makes Mella a place of large households where no one lives alone, creating a stark contrast to the rest of the state.
3.0
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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 Mella — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 42.9% housing two people and 21.4% housing four. This helps explain why the 0% rate of people living alone is far below the Tasmanian figure of 29%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mella, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 4 people is next at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are families, and one-parent families make up 23.6% of the total. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
23.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mella, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; One-parent families is next at 21%.
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 Mella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60393/mella/topic/family-households