2.3 ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pioneer · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pioneer
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 45% of households in Pioneer are people living alone, marking it as an area with a very high proportion of single-person homes. This trend makes the typical home smaller than in most other areas. Only 2.3 people live in the average home here.
2.3
▲ +15.0%
- 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 Pioneer — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common, making up 44.8% of the total. This is far above the Tasmanian figure of 29% and the national average of 25.6%.
44.8% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pioneer, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 3 people (24%) and 2 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 36% of the total, which is far above the 15.9% seen across Tasmania and 14.1% nationally. Couples with children are the most common family type at 46%.
36.0% ▲ +598.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pioneer, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by One-parent families (36%) and Couples without children (18%).
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 Pioneer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60505/pioneer/topic/family-households