2.6 ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Moonah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Moonah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in West Moonah are couples with children, making it the most common family type in the area. This strength in family living is reflected in the home sizes, as the area generally has more people per household than most other places.
2.6
▲ +13.0%
- 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 Moonah — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically busier than most, with 2.6 people per house. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4, although 27.8% of households are still made up of just one person.
27.8% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Moonah splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.2% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the national average of 14.1%.
16.2% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Moonah, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Moonah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60736/west-moonah/topic/family-households