2.2 ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ringarooma · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Ringarooma than in most similar areas. This shift helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Ringarooma — lower than 76% of areas.
Average household size.
About 32.8% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the Tasmanian average of 29.0%. Two-person households are the most common at 39.4%, while 15.3% of homes house three people.
2.2 ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
32.8% ▲ +69.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Ringarooma, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (15%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.9% of families, while those without children account for 40.3%. Only 10.2% are one-parent families, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.2% ▼ -39.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Ringarooma, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (10%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Ringarooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60554/ringarooma/topic/family-households