2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Deep Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Deep Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much lower household sizes than most similar areas define Deep Bay, where just 2.1 people live in the typical home. This reflects a local trend toward smaller living arrangements compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Deep Bay — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A high number of people live alone here, making up 35% of households, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than the Tasmanian average of 2.4 people.
35.0% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Deep Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of the families here, 47.6%, are couples without children. One-parent families make up 10.8% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Tasmanian and national averages.
10.8% ▼ -45.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Deep Bay, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (42%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Deep Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60147/deep-bay/topic/family-households