2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moonah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moonah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living and lone parents mark Moonah compared to most similar areas. While about half of the local families include children, a striking 33% of all households consist of just one person.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Moonah — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
One third of Moonah's households are people living alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home holds 2.4 people, a figure about the same as across Tasmania and Australia.
33.0% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Moonah splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.4% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is a significant gap compared to most other similar areas.
19.4% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moonah, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Moonah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60419/moonah/topic/family-households