2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Burnie - Somerset · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Burnie - Somerset
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people are living alone in Burnie - Somerset, with the share of single-person homes rising by 4.3 percentage points since 2011. This shift has contributed to the area having fewer people per home than most other places. Today, the typical home holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Burnie - Somerset — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, making up 34.2% of all households—a figure well above both the state and national averages. Two-person homes are almost as frequent at 34.8%, while the typical number of people per home has edged down since 2011.
34.2% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Burnie - Somerset splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.7% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Tasmanian average of 15.9%. This proportion has risen by 1.0 percentage point since 2011, while couples with children represent 47.7% of families.
20.7% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 (31%) and One-parent families (21%).
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/ucl/UCL612001/burnie-somerset/topic/family-households