Mooreville · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mooreville

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people are sharing homes in Mooreville than in most other similar areas. This is a place where few people live alone and family units are the norm, with 65.4% of households being couples with children.

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📍 Mooreville, Suburb / Locality

Where Mooreville sits — Average household size

2.7 ▼ -3.6%
  • 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 Mooreville — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mooreville2.7
7321, TAS 2.4
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are more crowded than the state average, with a typical 2.7 people per dwelling. This is consistent with the fact that only 16.3% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.

2.7 ▼ -3.6%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

16.3% ▼ -5.8%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.3%
  • 2016: 14.0%
  • 2021: 16.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mooreville, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is the dominant trend in Mooreville, where 65.4% of households are couples with children. Only 3.5% are one-parent families, which is far below both the Tasmanian and national figures.

3.5% ▼ -32.1%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 10.1%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mooreville, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 30%.

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 Mooreville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60420/mooreville/topic/family-households