2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oakdowns · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oakdowns
How families and households are made up across the area.
Typical household patterns in Oakdowns are mostly in line with other similar areas. Most homes here are occupied by couples with children, and the typical number of people per home is 2.5, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Oakdowns — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 25.3% of people live alone, which is about the same as the national figure but well below the Tasmania average. Two-person households are the most common, making up 36% of all homes.
25.3% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oakdowns, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.4% of the area, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure. Couples with children are the most common family type at 55.1%.
16.4% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oakdowns, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Oakdowns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60471/oakdowns/topic/family-households