Taranna · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Taranna

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer than three people live in the typical home in Taranna, reflecting a place where small households are the norm. This is a quiet residential area where a third of all homes are occupied by a single person, far more than in most similar parts of the country.

Open map →
📍 Taranna, Suburb / Locality

Where Taranna sits — Average household size

2.0 → 0.0%
  • 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 Taranna — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Taranna2.0
7180, TAS 2.0
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This trend is reflected in the fact that 31.4% of people live alone, a rate well above the Australian average.

2.0 → 0.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.4% ▲ +2.1%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 30.8%
  • 2016: 21.0%
  • 2021: 31.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

View on map →

In Taranna, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 1 person is next at 31%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group here at 57.6%. One-parent families are quite rare at 7.6%, which is well below the Tasmania figure of 15.9%.

7.6% ▼ -33.2%

Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.4%
  • 2016: 9.7%
  • 2021: 7.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

View on map →

In Taranna, Couples without children is the majority at 65%; Couples with children is next at 26%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Taranna

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Taranna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60665/taranna/topic/family-households