2.1 ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Upper Castra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Upper Castra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small, quiet households are the norm in Upper Castra, where the typical home holds just two people. This makes the area feel much less crowded than most other regions, with a high number of people living alone or as couples.
2.1
▼ -19.2%
- 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 Castra — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with only 2.1 people per house, which is a little below the Tasmania figure of 2.4. Half of all households contain just two people, while 26.3% of residents live alone.
26.3% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Upper Castra, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 29%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 52.3%, though one-parent families are more common here than in most similar areas. These single-parent homes account for 13.8% of the total, which is about the same as the national figure.
13.8% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Upper Castra, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 28%.
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 Castra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60706/upper-castra/topic/family-households