2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Prospect
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Prospect than in the rest of the country, with 36% of households consisting of just one person. This contrast makes the area stand out from both the state and national averages, contributing to smaller typical household sizes.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Prospect — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Prospect holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, which are far more common here than across Australia.
36.0% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Prospect splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (35%), with 4 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 16.7% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the national average. Nearly half of all families in the area are couples with children.
16.7% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Prospect, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60524/prospect/topic/family-households