2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ulverstone · Urban Area
Family & Households in Ulverstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Ulverstone than in most other similar areas, with 31% of households consisting of a single person. This makes the town's home sizes smaller than the national figure. While family structures remain steady, the number of solo residents has risen since 2011.
2.3
→ 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 Ulverstone — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Ulverstone hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. Single-person households are common at 31%, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen by 2.7 percentage points over the last decade.
31.0% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 74% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ulverstone, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.9% of families, while couples without children account for 35.2%. One-parent families represent 16.0% of the total, which is about the same as the Tasmanian state figure.
16.0% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ulverstone, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (35%) 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 Ulverstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/6005/ulverstone/topic/family-households