2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ulverstone · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ulverstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people live alone in Ulverstone than in the rest of Australia. This creates a distinct housing pattern where small households are the norm, with the typical home holding only 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Ulverstone — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 36.6% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, Ulverstone has much fewer people per home than most other areas.
36.6% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ulverstone splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, a figure well above the Australian average. Couples with children are the most common family type at 45.2%.
18.3% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ulverstone, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (35%) 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 Ulverstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60702/ulverstone/topic/family-households