2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Upper Natone · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Upper Natone compared to the rest of the state. This area is mostly made up of couples, with 96.5% of families consisting of two partners. While home sizes are slightly smaller than the national figure, the community remains predominantly family-oriented.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Upper Natone — lower than 71% of areas.
Average household size.
Two people live in 42.2% of homes, and the typical household size is 2.3 people. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5, while 24.4% of people live alone, which is well below the Tasmanian rate of 29.0%.
2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
24.4% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Upper Natone, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (20%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 7.0% of the local total, which is well below both the state and national figures. Most families here are couples, with 58.1% having children and 38.4% without.
7.0% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Upper Natone, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Upper Natone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60708/upper-natone/topic/family-households