2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Launceston · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Launceston
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people in Launceston live alone, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a trend toward smaller living arrangements in the city. Most households are small, with the typical home holding just over two people.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Launceston — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Launceston has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure. Two-person households are the most common at 34.2%, while those living alone have increased slightly since 2011 to reach 31.6%.
31.6% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 31.6%
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 (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.3% of the total, a rate that is well above the national average and higher than most similar areas. This figure has remained steady since 2011, while couples with children form the largest group at 50.8%.
18.3% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Launceston, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; 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/ucl/UCL611001/launceston/topic/family-households