2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Great Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Great Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Great Bay are occupied by a single person, which is far more common than in most other areas. This high number of solo residents means the typical home is smaller than usual, with fewer people living under one roof compared to the rest of the state.
2.2
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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 Great Bay — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 48.5% of people live alone, a figure far above the Tasmanian average of 29.0%. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
48.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Great Bay, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 2 people (41%) and 4 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.2% of families, while one-parent families are much less common here at 7.3%. This is well below both the state and national figures.
7.3% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Great Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Great Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60250/great-bay/topic/family-households