2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South East Coast · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in South East Coast
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in the South East Coast since 2011, contributing to a trend of smaller households. This area now sees a high number of single-person homes, with the typical household containing only 2.0 people.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 South East Coast — lower than 96% of areas.
| South East Coast | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 2.3 |
| Tasmania | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.7% of people live alone, which is well above the figures for Tasmania and Australia. This high rate of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size of 2.0 is well below the national figure.
33.7% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South East Coast, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 51.7% of families. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 12.1%, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the state average.
12.1% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South East Coast, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in South East Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60303/south-east-coast/topic/family-households