2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Preolenna · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Preolenna
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of couples with children, at 64.3%, defines the family life in Preolenna. This is a place where larger households are common and far fewer people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.7
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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 Preolenna — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most areas, with a typical size of 2.7 people. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4, and only 18.2% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
18.2% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Preolenna splits fairly evenly between 4 people (32%) and 2 people (27%), with 3 people at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 7.1%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
7.1% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Preolenna, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Preolenna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60519/preolenna/topic/family-households