2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Black Hills · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Black Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Black Hills holds 2.8 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. This place has a strong family focus, with few people living alone compared to the rest of Tasmania and Australia.
2.8
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- 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 Black Hills — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per dwelling. This helps explain why only 20.6% of people live alone, a figure well below the Tasmanian average of 29.0%.
20.6% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Black Hills, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.4%. One-parent families account for 12.9%, which is higher than in most similar areas but a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.9% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Black Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Black Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60049/black-hills/topic/family-households