2.1 ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Opossum Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Opossum Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Opossum Bay are couples without children. The area has seen a shift toward smaller living arrangements, with a significant increase in people living on their own.
2.1
▼ -16.0%
- 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 Opossum Bay — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here has 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure and down from 2.5 in 2011. This trend is linked to a rise in people living alone, who now make up 32.5% of households—well above the Tasmanian average.
32.5% ▲ +106.0%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Opossum Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 45.5%, followed by couples with children at 39.7%. One-parent families make up 14.4% of the total, a figure that has risen 7.0 percentage points since 2011.
14.4% ▲ +93.1%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Opossum Bay, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Opossum Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622019/opossum-bay/topic/family-households