2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Electrona · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Electrona
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger-than-average households are a common feature of daily life in Electrona, where 2.7 people typically live in each home. This is much higher than in most similar areas, reflecting a community with a high proportion of families.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Electrona — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
While 24.7% of people live alone—a figure that rose 7.0 percentage points since 2011—this is still well below the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%. Most homes house two people (29.8%) or three to four people (33.9%).
24.7% ▲ +39.9%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Electrona, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 56.9%. One-parent families account for 18.4%, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1% and has risen 9.7 percentage points since 2011.
18.4% ▲ +111.1%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Electrona, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Electrona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621011/electrona/topic/family-households