2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Neika · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Neika
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Neika have remained steady since 2011, with the area now defined by a strong presence of couples. Most of the community lives in pairs or larger family groups, which is reflected in a very low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Neika — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 16.7% of people live alone, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 48.7% of the area.
16.7% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Neika, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 50.6%. Only 8.2% of families are one-parent households, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%.
8.2% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Neika, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Neika [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60448/neika/topic/family-households