2.9 ▲ +45.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Howden · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Howden
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp increase in household size since 2011 defines the recent growth in Howden (L). The area now sees 2.9 people per home, which is much higher than most similar places. This shift is driven by a large rise in family groups and a steep drop in people living alone.
2.9
▲ +45.0%
- 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 Howden — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is rare here, with only 13.5% of households being single person—a figure far below the national 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is more crowded than usual, with 2.9 people per dwelling compared to the Tasmanian figure of 2.4.
13.5% ▼ -65.1%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Howden, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 65.5%. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas, at just 9.8%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.8% ▼ -49.1%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Howden, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Howden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621016/howden/topic/family-households