2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pontville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pontville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical home in Pontville, making it a place where large households are the norm. This is much higher than most similar areas, with a very small number of people living on their own.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Pontville — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People per home is 2.9, which is a little above the figures for Tasmania and Australia. This trend is reflected in the fact that only 10.9% of residents live alone, a figure far below the national average of 25.6%.
10.9% ▲ +20.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pontville, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 60.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.9%, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.9%.
9.9% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pontville, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without 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 Pontville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60511/pontville/topic/family-households