2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rowella · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A very low rate of people living alone marks Rowella as a place where most residents share their homes. This community is mostly made up of families and couples, with the typical household holding 2.6 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Rowella — higher than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
Almost half of all homes in Rowella house two people, while only 10.9% are single-person households. This is far below the Tasmanian figure of 29%, and the area has one of the lowest proportions of people living alone compared to similar places.
2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
10.9% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Rowella, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 4 people is next at 21%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up more than half of all families here. One-parent families make up 8.4% of the total, which is well below both the state figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
8.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Rowella, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Rowella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60578/rowella/topic/family-households