2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fern Tree · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Fern Tree
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 60% of families in Fern Tree (L) are couples with children. This is a family-focused area where homes are generally larger than usual and far fewer people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Fern Tree — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here house two people, while the typical household size of 2.6 people is a little above the Tasmania figure. Only 18.4% of residents live alone, a proportion that is well below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
18.4% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fern Tree, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 6.1% of the total, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the rate was 13.7%.
6.1% ▼ -55.3%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fern Tree, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Fern Tree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621012/fern-tree/topic/family-households