2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Garden Island Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Garden Island Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Garden Island Creek than in most similar areas, with 36.9% of homes occupied by just one person. This is a sparsely populated area where the typical household size of 2.4 people is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Garden Island Creek — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are far more common here than across Australia, making up 36.9% of all homes. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%, while two-person homes account for another 27.9%.
36.9% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Garden Island Creek, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (28%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.2% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is much higher than in most other similar areas, though couples with children remain the most common family type at 51.7%.
22.2% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Garden Island Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Garden Island Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60220/garden-island-creek/topic/family-households