2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tullah · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Tullah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all homes in Tullah are occupied by people living alone, a figure far above the national average. This creates a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of Tasmania and Australia, with the number of people per home edging down since 2011.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Tullah — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 49.4% of residents live alone, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the 25.6% national figure. This trend has grown by 15 percentage points since 2011, leaving the typical home with just 2.0 people.
49.4% ▲ +44.7%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tullah, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (28%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.3% of families here, while one-parent families account for 14.5%. This last figure is about the same as the Australian average, though it has risen by 3.9 percentage points over the last decade.
14.5% ▲ +37.1%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tullah, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Tullah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622025/tullah/topic/family-households