2.6 ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ridgley · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Ridgley
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Ridgley than they were in 2011. This community is now defined by larger households and a high proportion of couples with children, who make up 62.3% of all families.
2.6
▲ +23.8%
- 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 Ridgley — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.6 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas and has risen from 2.1 in 2011. Fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the state, with only 22.6% of households being single-person homes.
22.6% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ridgley, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 1 person (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 10.4% of the local total, a figure that is well below both the Tasmanian and national averages. Most families are couples, with 62.3% having children and 26.7% without.
10.4% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ridgley, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Ridgley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622020/ridgley/topic/family-households