1.9 ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rosebery · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rosebery
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Rosebery are occupied by just one person, a figure far above the state and national rates. This makes the area stand out for its small household sizes and a high proportion of people living alone.
1.9
▼ -17.4%
- 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 Rosebery — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are the norm here, with only 1.9 people per home, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. This is reflected in the 46% of residents who live alone, one of the highest rates for similar areas.
46.0% ▲ +56.7%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rosebery, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.4% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other family types are more evenly split, with couples with children and couples without children both sitting around 39%.
19.4% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Rosebery splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 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 Rosebery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60568/rosebery/topic/family-households