2.1 ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Westerway · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Westerway
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Westerway than in most other areas, with a typical household of just 2.1 people. This is lower than the figures for both Tasmania and Australia, reflecting a community where small households are the norm.
2.1
▼ -19.2%
- 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 Westerway — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly half of all homes in Westerway house two people, while 28.2% are occupied by someone living alone. This rate of single-person households is higher than most areas and sits slightly above the national figure of 25.6%.
28.2% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Westerway, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.9% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.7%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Australian average of 14.1%.
14.7% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Westerway, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Westerway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60746/westerway/topic/family-households