2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tewkesbury · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tewkesbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Tewkesbury, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a high proportion of two-person homes.
2.2
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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 Tewkesbury — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Over half of all homes have two people, while 26.5% of residents live alone. This rate of single-person households is higher than in most similar areas, though it sits a little below the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%.
26.5% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tewkesbury, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 41.9% of families, and those with children account for 48.4%. One-parent families represent 12.9% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the state average of 15.9%.
12.9% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tewkesbury, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Tewkesbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60674/tewkesbury/topic/family-households