2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Herrick · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Herrick
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person homes shapes daily life in Herrick, where 30% of households are just one person. While the typical home holds 2.4 people, the area has a very low number of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
—
- 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 Herrick — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is more common here than in most areas, with 30% of households consisting of one person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%, though it is about the same as the Tasmanian average.
30.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Herrick, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are almost non-existent at 0%, a figure far below both the state and national averages. Most families are couples, with 55.6% having no children and 36.1% having children.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Herrick, Couples without children is the majority at 61%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 Herrick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60270/herrick/topic/family-households