2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bicheno · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bicheno
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just two people live in the typical home in Bicheno, which is much lower than most other areas. This trend toward smaller households is reflected in the fact that nearly half of all families here are couples without children.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Bicheno — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 46.7%, while 29.9% of people live alone. This last group is well above the national figure, though the proportion of single-person households has fallen since 2011.
29.9% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bicheno, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up nearly half of all families at 48.9%. One-parent families account for 12.3%, which is well below the Tasmanian figure and has fallen by 6 points since 2011.
12.3% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bicheno, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Bicheno [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621002/bicheno/topic/family-households