2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Huon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Huon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 58% of families in Huon are couples with children, making this the most common household type in the area. These larger family units mean that homes here are generally more crowded than in other parts of the country. This trend is reflected in a low number of people living alone.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Huon — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Huon holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 16.2% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
16.2% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Huon, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (15%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 7.1% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% national average. Most families here are couples, with 57.9% raising children and 34.4% without children.
7.1% ▲ +32.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Huon, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Huon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21221/huon/topic/family-households