2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Launceston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Launceston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in South Launceston are occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person households means the area has a much smaller typical home size than most other parts of Australia.
2.2
▲ +4.8%
- 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 Launceston — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 36.9% of people living alone, this figure is far above the national average of 25.6%. Consequently, the typical home in South Launceston holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 2.4.
36.9% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →South Launceston splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.9%, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
15.9% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Launceston, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60616/south-launceston/topic/family-households