Weetah · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Weetah

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 72.2% of families in Weetah, making it a strongly family-oriented area. The typical home is larger than most, with few people living alone compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Weetah, Suburb / Locality

Where Weetah sits — Average household size

2.7
  • 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 Weetah — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Weetah2.7
7304, TAS 2.3
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Weetah usually hold 2.7 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. Only 20% of people live alone, a figure well below both the state and national averages.

2.7

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

20.0%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 20.0%
  • 2021: 20.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Weetah, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (24%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

There are no one-parent families in Weetah, which is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families are couples with children, who represent 72.2% of the total.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 17.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Weetah, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 35%.

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 Weetah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60727/weetah/topic/family-households