2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Devonport · Urban Area
Family & Households in Devonport
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Devonport are couples with children. While this is a core part of the community, a growing number of people are living alone, and one-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Devonport — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Devonport holds 2.3 people, which is slightly lower than the national figure. This is partly because 31.2% of homes are occupied by just one person, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits well above the Australian average.
31.2% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 75% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Devonport, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.5% of the total, which is well above both the state and national figures. This proportion has risen by 1.2 percentage points since 2011.
19.5% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 84% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Devonport, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, 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 Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/6002/devonport/topic/family-households