2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Launceston · Urban Area
Family & Households in Launceston
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Launceston are couples with children. This makes it a key hub for families in the region, though a high number of people also live on their own. The typical home here holds about two or three people.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Launceston — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30.6% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This is the second most common household size in Launceston, after two-person homes at 34.5%.
30.6% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Launceston splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.3% of the total, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 51.9% having children and 29.7% without.
17.3% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 58% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Launceston, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/6004/launceston/topic/family-households