2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ross · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ross
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of homes in Ross are occupied by people living alone, which is much higher than most other areas. This reflects a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 Ross — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Ross holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the 34.1% of residents who live alone, a figure well above the Tasmanian average.
34.1% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ross, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (7%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up nearly half of all families here at 49.5%. Single-parent families account for 13.4% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national figure.
13.4% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ross, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Ross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60575/ross/topic/family-households