2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Direction · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Direction
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up nearly 60% of families in Mount Direction, making it a primary hub for family life. This trend is reflected in larger households and a much lower rate of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.6
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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 Mount Direction — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.6 people per household. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4, and only 18% of residents live alone, which is far below the state average of 29%.
18.0% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Direction, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 59.6% of families. One-parent families account for 9.9%, a figure that is well below both the Tasmanian (15.9%) and national (14.1%) rates.
9.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Direction, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Mount Direction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60426/mount-direction/topic/family-households