2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paloona · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Paloona
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 70% of families in Paloona are couples with children, making it a very family-focused area. This is reflected in the high number of people living in each home compared to the rest of the state. It is a place where few people live alone and family units are the norm.
2.9
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- 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 Paloona — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. This is consistent with the fact that only 18.5% of people live alone, a rate well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
18.5% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Paloona, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures are very traditional here, with couples with children making up 69.1% of the mix. Notably, there are no one-parent families, which is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Paloona, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Paloona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60487/paloona/topic/family-households