3.2 —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Westwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Westwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 73% of families in Westwood are couples with children, making it a place with very large households. The typical home here holds 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This mix of large family homes and a high number of single-person households defines the local living patterns.
3.2
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- 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 Westwood — higher than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Westwood are much larger than usual, with 3.2 people per dwelling compared to 2.4 in Tasmania. Interestingly, 37.5% of residents live alone, a figure far above the Australian average of 25.6%.
37.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Westwood splits fairly evenly between 1 person (31%) and 2 people (28%), with 4 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here. In contrast, there are no one-parent families in the area, which is far below both the state and national figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Westwood, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Westwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60747/westwood/topic/family-households