Windermere · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Windermere

How families and households are made up across the area.

A shift toward larger family groups has defined Windermere, where few people now live alone. This is a community of couples, with 56.4% of families being couples without children and 41.6% being couples with children.

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Where Windermere sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -4.0%
  • 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 Windermere — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Windermere2.4
7252, TAS 2.5
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Typical homes in Windermere hold 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Only 14.9% of people live alone, a figure far below both the Tasmanian and Australian averages.

2.4 ▼ -4.0%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

14.9% ▲ +6.7%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.0%
  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 14.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Windermere, 2 people is the majority at 57%; 1 person is next at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up just 3.5% of the area, which is much lower than most other areas and far below the national figure of 14.1%.

3.5% ▼ -44.8%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Windermere, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 41%.

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 Windermere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60758/windermere/topic/family-households