1.8 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hastings · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
62.5% of households in Hastings are made up of people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area stand out for its very small household sizes and a lack of one-parent families.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Hastings — lower than 91% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home in Hastings holds only 1.8 people, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. This reflects the high number of single-person households, which are among the most common in similar areas.
1.8 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
62.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Hastings, 1 person is the majority at 65%; 2 people is next at 35%.
Family types and one-parent families.
No one-parent families live here, a figure far below both the state and national averages. Most families are couples, with 66.7% having children and 36.7% without.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Hastings, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Hastings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60262/hastings/topic/family-households