2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pelverata · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 5.9% of families in Pelverata are headed by one parent, a figure far below the state and national averages. This small community is largely made up of couples, with few people living on their own compared to other areas.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Pelverata — higher than 50% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home in Pelverata holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 20% of residents live alone, which is well below the 29% seen across Tasmania.
2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
20.0% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Pelverata, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with 47.3% raising children and 43.7% without. This explains why one-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas.
5.9% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Pelverata splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 6%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Pelverata [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60500/pelverata/topic/family-households