2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lower Snug · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lower Snug
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Lower Snug than in most other areas, making it a place where shared living is the norm. The area is dominated by families, with over half of all households consisting of couples with children.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Lower Snug — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly larger than the Tasmanian average, with 2.6 people per household. Only 15.3% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
15.3% ▲ +34.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lower Snug, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (16%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.2% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 10.4%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
10.4% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lower Snug, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Lower Snug
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lower Snug [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60362/lower-snug/topic/family-households