Rowella · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Rowella

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.

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📍 Rowella, Suburb / Locality

Where Rowella sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Rowella — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Rowella2.6
7270, TAS 2.2
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

10.9%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 15.3%
  • 2021: 10.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Rowella, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 4 people is next at 21%.

Families

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.

  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 8.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Rowella, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 36%.

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 Rowella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60578/rowella/topic/family-households