2.2 ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Longford · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Longford
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Longford than a decade ago, with the number of single-person homes jumping 14 percentage points since 2011. This shift is part of a wider trend where homes in the area have become smaller, now typically holding 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -18.5%
- 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 Longford — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Longford is smaller than those in most other areas, with 2.2 people per dwelling. This is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 2.4, and 31.3% of residents now live alone—a figure well above the national average of 25.6%.
31.3% ▲ +80.4%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Longford, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.7% of the local total, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This has risen 6.1 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 44.7%.
18.7% ▲ +47.9%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Longford, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Longford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615013/longford/topic/family-households