2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Uxbridge · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of single-parent homes defines the family life in Uxbridge. While the typical household size mirrors the rest of the state, about 34.6% of families are headed by one parent, which is far above the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Uxbridge — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes in Uxbridge usually hold 2.4 people. This is about the same as the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In Uxbridge, 1 person is the majority at 73%; 2 people is next at 27%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 34.6% of the total, a figure far above the Tasmanian average of 15.9%. Other family types include couples with children at 46.2% and couples without children at 30.8%.
34.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Uxbridge, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by One-parent families (31%) and Couples without children (28%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Uxbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60712/uxbridge/topic/family-households