2.4 → 0.0%
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tasmania · State / Territory
Family & Households in Tasmania
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of single-person households has shaped the home life of Tasmania over the last decade. The state is now defined by a high proportion of people living alone, with 29% of all households consisting of just one person.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 2.4: 3 areas
- 2.5: 4 areas
- 2.6: 1 area
- 2.7: 0 areas
- 2.8: 1 area
All state / territory areas, 2021. The marker is Tasmania.
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
While the typical home has barely changed since 2011 with 2.4 people, Tasmania has a much higher rate of people living alone than most other states. About 29% of households are single-person, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%.
29.0% ▲ +3.5%
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tasmania, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.9% of the total, a figure that is a little above the Australian average and much higher than in most other similar areas. This sits alongside a family mix where about half of all families are couples with children.
15.9% ▲ +2.8%
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tasmania, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Tasmania [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/6/tasmania/topic/family-households