1304.6 - Tasmanian Key Indicators, Mar 2011  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 22/03/2011  Final
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Image: Living ArrangementsLIVING ARRANGEMENTS
Source
Tas. value
Aust. value
At 30 Jun 2007
No. of households
199 000
8 071 000
Lone person households as proportion of total households
27.1%
24.8%
No. of families
142 000
5 905 000
Couple-only families as proportion of all families
44.4%
40.1%
No. of families with children aged 0-17 years
61 000
2 576 000
One parent families with children aged 0-17 years as proportion of all families with children aged 0-17 years
19.7%
20.1%
2009
Crude marriage rate (per 1,000 population)(a)
5.2
5.5
Crude divorce rate (per 1,000 population)(b)
2.4
2.3
(a) By state of registration rather than usual residence.
(b) Based on the location of the Family Court or Federal Magistrates Court where divorce is granted and registered.

More Detailed Source Information
Family Characteristics and Transitions, Australia (ABS cat. no. 4442.0)
Marriages and Divorces (ABS cat. no. 3310.0)