2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paradise · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Paradise
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Paradise are occupied by couples without children, making it stand out compared to similar areas. The typical household is small, with only 2.3 people per home, which is slightly below the national figure of 2.5.
2.3
▼ -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 Paradise — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person households are the most common at 54.5%, while 21.8% of people live alone. This rate of single-person homes is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%.
21.8% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Paradise, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 53.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.1%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Australian average.
14.1% ▲ +71.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Paradise, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 29%.
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 Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60488/paradise/topic/family-households