2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Riverside · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Riverside
How families and households are made up across the area.
Most homes in Riverside are lived in by families, with 55.4% of households consisting of couples with children. This makes it a key residential area for parents, though it also has a high proportion of people living on their own. The typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
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 Riverside — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 27.4% of people here live alone, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average. Two-person households are the most common, making up 35.4% of all homes.
27.4% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Riverside, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most frequent family type at 55.4%. One-parent families make up 13.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but slightly below the Tasmanian average.
13.6% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Riverside, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60557/riverside/topic/family-households