2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Burnie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Burnie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in South Burnie than in most similar areas. This creates a community where homes are smaller, with a typical household of only 2.1 people, which is lower than both the Tasmanian and national figures.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 South Burnie — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 32.7% of people here live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size is smaller than most other areas.
32.7% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Burnie, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.9% of the area, which is much higher than the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples without children are the most common family type at 41.3%.
20.9% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →South Burnie splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (41%) and Couples with children (37%), with One-parent families at 21%.
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 South Burnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60613/south-burnie/topic/family-households