2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dilston · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Dilston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Dilston (L) than in most similar areas, with 60.2% of families consisting of couples with children. This creates a domestic life focused on larger households and family units, which is a shift from a decade ago.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Dilston — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Dilston (L) holds 2.4 people, a figure that has risen since 2011. This growth is reflected in the fact that only 22.2% of residents live alone, which is well below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
22.2% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Dilston, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up just 5.5% of the local mix, a figure that is far below the state average and among the lowest for similar areas. This is a significant drop from 2011, when one-parent families accounted for 17.4% of households.
5.5% ▼ -68.6%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dilston, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Dilston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622005/dilston/topic/family-households