2.7 ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Margate · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Margate
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Margate compared to the rest of Tasmania, reflecting a community where larger households are the norm. The area is dominated by couples with children, with the typical home now housing 2.7 people.
2.7
▲ +12.5%
- 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 Margate — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.7 people per home, households here are larger than in most other areas and have grown since 2011. This is reflected in the low number of single-person homes, which fell to 20.6% and is now well below the Tasmanian figure of 29%.
20.6% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Margate, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest share of families at 62.5%. One-parent families account for 14.6%, which is about the same as the national figure and a fall of 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
14.6% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Margate, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Margate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615014/margate/topic/family-households