2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thirlstane · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Thirlstane
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Thirlstane compared to the rest of Tasmania, with only 15.4% of households being single-person homes. This creates a community where homes are generally larger and more crowded than the state average, with 2.6 people living in the typical home.
2.6
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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 Thirlstane — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. While 38.5% of households have two people, 23.1% of homes contain five or more residents.
15.4% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Thirlstane, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 5 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.9% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Nearly half of all families here are couples with children.
17.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thirlstane, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Thirlstane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60676/thirlstane/topic/family-households