2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hobart · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Hobart
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 38% of people in Hobart live alone, making it one of the areas with the highest proportion of single-person households. This trend helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than in other parts of the state. The area is primarily made up of couples and individuals rather than large family groups.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Hobart — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common, with 37.4% of households containing just one person, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Hobart has 2.1 people, a little below the Tasmanian average of 2.4.
37.4% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hobart splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 48.2%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 12.2%, which is well below the state figure of 15.9% and has fallen slightly since 2011.
12.2% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hobart, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601051027/hobart/topic/family-households