2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northdown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Northdown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Northdown compared to the rest of the state, with only 13.2% of households consisting of one person. This creates a community where homes are generally fuller than the Tasmanian average, often housing larger family groups.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Northdown — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Northdown holds 2.6 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure. This is reflected in the fact that 45.1% of households contain two people, while those living alone are far below the national figure.
13.2% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Northdown, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.7% of families here. The proportion of one-parent families is just 8.2%, which is well below both the state and national averages.
8.2% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northdown, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Northdown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60463/northdown/topic/family-households