2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 94% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Burnie - Somerset · Urban Area
Family & Households in Burnie - Somerset
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person homes and one-parent families set Burnie - Somerset apart from the rest of the state. This shift is seen in the typical home, which now holds just 2.2 people. This is a little below both the Tasmanian and national figures.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Burnie - Somerset — lower than 94% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A third of residents in Burnie - Somerset live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to the fact that homes here are smaller than in most other areas.
33.5% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Burnie - Somerset splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.2% of the total, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This has risen slightly since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 47.5%.
19.2% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Burnie - Somerset, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Burnie - Somerset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/6001/burnie-somerset/topic/family-households