2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Pine · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living together in West Pine than in many other similar areas, with 2.6 people in the typical home. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. The community is largely made up of families, including a high number of one-parent households.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is West Pine — higher than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes here are often larger than usual, with 31.3% of households containing three people. About 25% of residents live alone, which is well below the Tasmanian average of 29%.
2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In West Pine, the largest group is 3 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 2 people (24%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.5%. One-parent families represent 15.7% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
15.7% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In West Pine, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in West Pine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60738/west-pine/topic/family-households