2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Railton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Railton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More one-parent families live in Railton than in most other similar areas. While the typical household size is 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure, there is a notable gap in family types compared to the rest of the state.
2.5
→ 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 Railton — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 24.3% of people live alone, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 41.2% of all households.
24.3% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Railton, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.8% of the total, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the largest group at 46.2%.
18.8% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Railton, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Railton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60533/railton/topic/family-households