2.5 —
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in the Remainder of State/Territory (Tas.) compared to the rest of the state. This region is mostly made up of families and multi-person households, with a typical home housing 2.5 people.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Remainder of State/Territory — higher than 64% of areas.
Average household size.
About 22.4% of people live alone, which is well below the Tasmania figure of 29.0%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 41% of all households.
2.5 —
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
22.4% —
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Remainder of State/Territory, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (14%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.1% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 54% having children and 35.3% without.
10.1% —
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Remainder of State/Territory, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL631001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/family-households