Trowutta · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Trowutta

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much fewer one-parent families live in Trowutta than across Tasmania or the rest of the country. This sparsely populated area is mostly made up of couples, with 84.8% of families being pairs with or without children.

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📍 Trowutta, Suburb / Locality

Where Trowutta sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -14.8%
  • 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 Trowutta — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Trowutta2.3
7330, TAS 2.4
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Two people live in 54.8% of homes, which is the most common arrangement here. The typical home has 2.3 people, a figure that is about the same as the Tasmanian average.

2.3 ▼ -14.8%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

22.6% ▲ +0.1%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.5%
  • 2016: 23.5%
  • 2021: 22.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Trowutta, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 22%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up only 6.1% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children account for 40.9% of families, while those without children make up 43.9%.

6.1% ▲ +140.4%

Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 27.4%
  • 2021: 6.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Trowutta splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (48%) and Couples with children (45%), with One-parent families at 7%.

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 Trowutta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60692/trowutta/topic/family-households