2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wesley Vale · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Wesley Vale than in most similar areas. This is a small community where over half of families include children, and the typical home holds about 2.4 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wesley Vale — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
Around 28.5% of residents live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 39.2% of all homes.
2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
28.5% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Wesley Vale, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (13%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common, representing 53.8% of the total. However, one-parent families make up only 9.9% of the group, a figure well below the Tasmanian average of 15.9%.
9.9% ▲ +90.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Wesley Vale, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Wesley Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60730/wesley-vale/topic/family-households