2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Upper Burnie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Upper Burnie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Upper Burnie than in most similar areas, with nearly half of all homes being single-person households. This creates a community where homes are typically smaller, averaging just 2.0 people per dwelling.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Upper Burnie — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 45.1% of residents live alone, a figure far above the Tasmanian average of 29.0%. Because of this, the typical home size is well below the national figure of 2.5 people.
45.1% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Upper Burnie, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.5% of the area, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
20.5% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Upper Burnie, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Upper Burnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60705/upper-burnie/topic/family-households