2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hillwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hillwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Hillwood have remained steady over the last decade, with households continuing to be larger and more family-focused than in other areas. Half of all families here are couples with children, reflecting a strong domestic core for the area.
2.4
▼ -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 Hillwood — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 15.6% of people live alone, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 29%. Most homes are occupied by two people (46.8%) and the typical home size of 2.4 people is about the same as the national figure.
15.6% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hillwood, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50% of families, while those without children account for 40.4%. This helps explain why one-parent families are much less common here at 7.8%, well below the 14.1% national average.
7.8% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hillwood, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Hillwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60275/hillwood/topic/family-households