2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Kentish · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Kentish
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer single-parent families live in West Kentish than the state or national average. Most homes here are run by couples, with 56.3% including children, while the area is generally sparsely populated.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 West Kentish — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in West Kentish typically hold 2.3 people, which is about the same as the state figure. About 27% of people live alone, a rate a little above the national figure.
27.0% ▲ +48.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In West Kentish, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.3%. Only 9.2% of families are one-parent households, which is well below both the Tasmanian and Australian figures.
9.2% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Kentish, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 West Kentish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60733/west-kentish/topic/family-households