2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Parkham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Parkham
How families and households are made up across the area.
About the same as most similar areas, Parkham is a place where family life is common. Over half of all families here include children, and the typical home houses 2.5 people, which is consistent with the national figure.
2.5
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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 Parkham — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 41.3% of households. Fewer people live alone in Parkham compared to the state average, with only 23.9% of households consisting of one person.
23.9% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Parkham, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 5 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 56.7%. At 8.9%, one-parent families are much less common here than in the rest of Tasmania and Australia.
8.9% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Parkham, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Parkham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60491/parkham/topic/family-households