2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Braddon (Mersey) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Braddon (Mersey)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 30% of people live alone in Braddon (Mersey), which is much higher than most other areas. This contributes to a trend of smaller households, with the typical home now holding 2.3 people.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Braddon (Mersey) — lower than 86% of areas.
| Braddon (Mersey) | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.3% of residents live by themselves, a figure that is well above the national rate and has risen since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common at 38.1%, while the typical household size has edged down slightly over the last decade.
30.3% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Braddon (Mersey), the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.8% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places and well above the Australian figure. Couples with children are the largest group at 47.0%, followed by couples without children at 34.1%.
17.8% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Braddon (Mersey), the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Braddon (Mersey) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60207/braddon/topic/family-households