2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Motton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in North Motton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in North Motton, where the typical home holds 2.6 people. This is a community where few people live alone and most homes are occupied by families, with over half of all families including children.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 North Motton — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly larger than the Tasmanian figure, with 2.6 people per household. Only 17.7% of people live alone, which is far below the state rate of 29.0%.
17.7% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In North Motton, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, as 57.2% of families have children and 36.7% do not. One-parent families make up just 5.8% of the total, a figure well below the national average of 14.1%.
5.8% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Motton, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 North Motton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60461/north-motton/topic/family-households