1.7 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rossarden · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rossarden
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all homes in Rossarden are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out for its small households, with a typical home holding only 1.7 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.7
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- 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 Rossarden — lower than 94% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 50% of households, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why the average home size is among the lowest for similar areas.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rossarden, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 29.6% of the total, which is far above the Tasmanian figure of 15.9%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 44.4%.
29.6% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rossarden, the largest group is Couples without children at 41%, followed by Couples with children (31%) and One-parent families (28%).
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 Rossarden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60576/rossarden/topic/family-households