2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bass (McIntyre) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Bass (McIntyre)
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone shapes the daily life of Bass (McIntyre). This area is largely non-residential and sparsely populated, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people, which is much lower than in most other areas.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Bass (McIntyre) — lower than 90% of areas.
| Bass (McIntyre) | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common here, making up 32.6% of homes—a figure well above the national average. This helps explain why the usual home size is smaller than in Tasmania, and this trend has risen since 2011.
32.6% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bass (McIntyre), the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.8% of families, while couples without children account for 40.3%. One-parent families represent 13.2% of the total, which is about the same as the national figure and has barely changed over the last decade.
13.2% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bass (McIntyre), the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Bass (McIntyre) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60106/bass/topic/family-households