2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Opossum Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Opossum Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three in ten people live alone in Opossum Bay, making it a place where small households are common. This is a much higher rate of single-person homes than in most other areas, which helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than the state average.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Opossum Bay — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Opossum Bay has 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. Two-person households are the most common, making up 43.4% of all homes.
32.5% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Opossum Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most frequent family type at 45.5%. One-parent families make up 14.4% of the community, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the national average.
14.4% ▲ +52.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Opossum Bay, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Opossum Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60478/opossum-bay/topic/family-households