2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ravenswood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Ravenswood than in most similar areas, with 33.6% of households consisting of just one person. This trend is mirrored in the family data, where one-parent families are among the highest for this level.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Ravenswood — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About a third of households in Ravenswood are single-person homes, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Consequently, the typical home has 2.3 people, slightly lower than the Australian average of 2.5.
33.6% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ravenswood splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 36.6% of the total, a figure far above the Tasmania average of 15.9%. Other family types are also common, with 40.2% being couples with children.
36.6% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Ravenswood splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (37%), with Couples without children 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 Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60538/ravenswood/topic/family-households