2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tinderbox · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Tinderbox
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Tinderbox than in most other areas, with the typical home holding 2.7 people. This is a place where few people live alone, creating a community landscape dominated by larger family groups.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 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 Tinderbox — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.1% of people here live by themselves, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%. Most households are small groups, with 38% of homes containing two people.
16.1% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tinderbox, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 64.6%, while one-parent families are very rare at just 3.0%. This rate is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
3.0% ▲ +51.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tinderbox, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Tinderbox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60678/tinderbox/topic/family-households