2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pipers River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pipers River
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Pipers River than in most similar areas. This is a place where families are common, with the typical home holding 2.6 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Pipers River — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than average, with 39.6% housing two people and 21.4% housing one. This explains why the share of people living alone is well below both the state and national figures.
21.4% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pipers River, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.4% of families, while 30.1% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.5%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
13.5% ▲ +72.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pipers River, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Pipers River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60507/pipers-river/topic/family-households