2.8 ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hayes · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hayes
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Hayes than in most other areas, with a typical home holding 2.8 people. This high density of residents per household reflects a community where very few people live alone.
2.8
▲ +7.7%
- 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 Hayes — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.7% of people live by themselves, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 29.0%. The most common arrangement is two people per home, accounting for 47.1% of households.
14.7% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hayes, 2 people is the majority at 57%; 1 person is next at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents are very common here, making up 27.3% of families. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest proportions seen in similar areas.
27.3% ▲ +632.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hayes, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (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 Hayes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60265/hayes/topic/family-households