2.0 ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hobart · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hobart
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households dominate the daily life of Hobart, where 40.5% of residents live alone. This is far above the national figure and marks the area as a place of single-person living rather than large family hubs.
2.0
▲ +5.3%
- 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 Hobart — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With only 2.0 people per home, Hobart has a typical household size well below the Australian figure of 2.5. This reflects the high number of people living alone, which is far above both the state and national averages.
40.5% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hobart, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the majority of families here at 54.9%. One-parent families account for 13.9%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national average.
13.9% ▲ +30.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hobart, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 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 Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60276/hobart/topic/family-households