2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oyster Cove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oyster Cove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Oyster Cove compared to the rest of Tasmania. This small community is mostly made up of families, with over half of all households consisting of couples raising children.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Oyster Cove — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While two-person homes are the most common at 39.7%, only 20.7% of people live alone—a figure well below both the state and national rates.
20.7% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oyster Cove, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.2% of families, while couples without children account for 31.4%. One-parent families represent 10% of the total, which is well below the same figure for Tasmania and Australia.
10.0% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oyster Cove, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Oyster Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60485/oyster-cove/topic/family-households