2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Molesworth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Molesworth
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Molesworth than in most similar areas. The community is largely defined by family units, with the typical home holding 2.6 people.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Molesworth — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly larger than the Tasmania figure, with 2.6 people per dwelling. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 23.9%, which is well below the state average.
23.9% ▲ +42.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Molesworth, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 56.4%. One-parent families account for 12.3%, a figure that is a little below the national average.
12.3% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Molesworth, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Molesworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60410/molesworth/topic/family-households