2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wiltshire · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wiltshire
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families than usual defines Wiltshire, where 28% of families fall into this category. This is much higher than the figures for Tasmania and Australia. The area otherwise sees a typical household size of about 2.4 people.
2.4
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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 Wiltshire — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.4 people per home, household size in Wiltshire is about the same as the typical home in Tasmania and Australia.
Household size
View on map →In Wiltshire, the largest group is 3 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 2 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 28% of the total, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. Other common family types include couples with children at 60% and couples without children at 40%.
28.0% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wiltshire, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Wiltshire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60757/wiltshire/topic/family-households