2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Targa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Targa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-person households make up over half of all homes in Targa, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is much lower than most other areas, contributing to a community where small household sizes are the norm.
2.1
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- 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 Targa — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 20% of residents live alone, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29%. Most homes house two people, while no homes in the area contain three or more residents.
20.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Targa, 2 people is the majority at 73%; 1 person is next at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are entirely absent from Targa, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%. The area is dominated by couples, with 65.4% being couples without children and 61.5% being couples with children.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Targa, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 48%.
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 Targa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60666/targa/topic/family-households