2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hobart - North West · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Hobart - North West
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Hobart - North West than in most similar areas. This area is defined by a high number of single-person households and one-parent families, both of which sit well above the national figures.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Hobart - North West — lower than 71% of areas.
| Hobart - North West | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Hobart | 2.4 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31% of residents live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. While the number of single-person homes has fallen slightly since 2011, the typical home now holds 2.4 people.
31.0% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hobart - North West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.1% of the total, a figure that is well above both the Tasmanian and Australian averages. Couples with children are the most common family type at 49.5%.
21.1% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hobart - North West, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 - North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60103/hobart-north-west/topic/family-households