2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hamilton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hamilton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Hamilton than in most similar areas. This sparsely populated region sees a third of its households made up of just one person, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. While many homes house couples with children, there is a striking number of single-person households and one-parent families.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Hamilton — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A third of residents live alone, a figure well above the Tasmanian average of 29%. Because of this, the typical home in Hamilton holds 2.3 people, which is lower than most other areas.
33.3% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hamilton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (35%), with 4 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of families here are couples with children, but one-parent families make up 15.5% of the total. This proportion is much higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the national figure.
15.5% ▲ +41.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hamilton, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60259/hamilton/topic/family-households