2.3 ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Grasstree Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Grasstree Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Grasstree Hill compared to the rest of the state. Most homes here are shared, with over half of all families including children, creating a domestic profile that differs from the Tasmanian and national norms.
2.3
▼ -17.9%
- 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 Grasstree Hill — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here at 40%. While 22.2% of people live alone—well below the national figure of 25.6%—the typical home holds 2.3 people, which is slightly lower than the Australian average of 2.5.
22.2% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Grasstree Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families are couples with children, and one-parent families make up 16.7% of the total. This last figure is much higher than in most similar areas and sits a little above the national average of 14.1%.
16.7% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Grasstree Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Grasstree Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60246/grasstree-hill/topic/family-households