2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hobart - South and West · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Hobart - South and West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Hobart - South and West compared to the rest of the state. This area is home to larger households than most, with a typical home holding 2.6 people. This trend has remained steady since 2011.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 - South and West — higher than 71% of areas.
| Hobart - South and West | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Hobart | 2.4 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the typical Tasmanian home, which usually holds 2.4 people. Only 23.6% of residents live alone, a figure well below the state average of 29.0%.
23.6% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hobart - South and West, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57.8%. One-parent families account for 13.3% of the total, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 15.9%.
13.3% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hobart - South and West, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 - South and West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60104/hobart-south-and-west/topic/family-households