2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Howth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Howth
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the families in Howth consist of couples without children. This creates a distinct household profile for the area, where family units are more common than single-parent homes.
2.7
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- 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 Howth — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Howth are slightly more crowded than the state average, with 2.7 people per home compared to 2.4 across Tasmania.
Household size
View on map →In Howth, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 6 or more (23%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.4% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Tasmanian average of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
6.4% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Howth, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 37%.
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 Howth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60282/howth/topic/family-households