2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ridgeway · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ridgeway
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and fewer people living alone have shaped the family landscape in Ridgeway since 2011. The area is mostly made up of families with children, with a typical household of 2.9 people, which is higher than the national figure.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Ridgeway — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than most areas, with 2.9 people per household. This is supported by the fact that only 13% of people live alone, a figure far below both the Tasmanian and national averages.
13.0% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ridgeway, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 63.4% of the area. One-parent families are rare at 7.3%, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
7.3% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ridgeway, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Ridgeway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60552/ridgeway/topic/family-households