2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Grove · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Grove
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Grove compared to the rest of Tasmania. This area is mostly made up of family homes, with nearly 60% of families consisting of couples raising children.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Grove — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with a typical size of 2.6 people. This is a little above the state figure, reflecting the fact that only 20.1% of people live alone—well below the 29% seen across Tasmania.
20.1% ▲ +24.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Grove, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Grove are couples with children, who make up 59.3% of the total. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 7.2%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
7.2% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Grove, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; 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 Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60254/grove/topic/family-households