2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Hicks · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Hicks
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Mount Hicks compared to most similar areas. This reflects a community where the vast majority of households are families, with 48.1% being couples with children.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 Mount Hicks — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Tasmanian and national figures. Only 16.5% of people live alone, a rate far below the state average of 29.0%.
16.5% ▲ +59.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Hicks, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.1% of families, while 41.0% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 10.2%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.2% ▲ +37.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Hicks, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Mount Hicks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60428/mount-hicks/topic/family-households