2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whitefoord · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Whitefoord
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Whitefoord compared to the rest of the state. While the typical household size is about the same as the Tasmanian average, the area has a much lower proportion of single-parent homes than most other regions.
2.3
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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 Whitefoord — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Whitefoord has 2.3 people. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Whitefoord, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 7.9% of the area, which is well below the state figure of 15.9%. Most families here are couples, with 42.1% having children and 42.1% without.
7.9% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Whitefoord splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 Whitefoord [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60751/whitefoord/topic/family-households