2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Otago · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Otago
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Otago than in most similar areas, with a typical household of 2.7 people. This community is dominated by family groups, meaning very few residents live by themselves compared to the rest of the state.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Otago — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 11.2% of people here live alone, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 29%. Most homes are occupied by two people (47.2%), contributing to a household size that is a little above the state average.
11.2% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Otago, 2 people is the majority at 50%; 4 people is next at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families (51.5%). This helps explain why one-parent families are much lower here at 6.2%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
6.2% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Otago, 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 Otago [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60483/otago/topic/family-households