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 (Murchison) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Braddon (Murchison)
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone shapes daily life in Braddon (Murchison), where 32.8% of households are single-person homes. This is well above the national figure and marks a continuing trend toward smaller living arrangements in the area.
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 (Murchison) — lower than 86% of areas.
| Braddon (Murchison) | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.3 people, a figure that has edged down since 2011. This is much lower than most areas, with 32.8% of people living alone, which is well above the Tasmanian average of 29.0%.
32.8% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Braddon (Murchison) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.4% of the community, a figure that is higher than most areas and has risen by 1.9 percentage points since 2011. Nearly half of all families are couples with children.
16.4% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Braddon (Murchison), the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 (Murchison) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60209/braddon/topic/family-households