2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cygnet · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Cygnet
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Cygnet consist of just one person. This is a striking figure that sits far above the national average and marks the area's most common living arrangement. While the typical home holds 2.3 people, there is a strong trend toward smaller households and a significant rise in single-parent families.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Cygnet — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 35.7% of the area, a figure well above the Tasmanian average of 29%. This has risen slightly since 2011, while the typical number of people per home has edged up to 2.3.
35.7% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cygnet splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families have increased significantly since 2011 to reach 25.8%. This is far above the Australian figure of 14.1% and is much higher than in most similar areas.
25.8% ▲ +50.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cygnet, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (26%).
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 Cygnet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615004/cygnet/topic/family-households