2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Huon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Huon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are more common in Port Huon than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.3 people, the area sees a higher proportion of one-parent families compared to other nearby places. This mix creates a community where two-person homes are the most frequent arrangement.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Port Huon — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Port Huon are slightly smaller than the national figure, with 2.3 people per house. Two-person households are the most common at 41.8%, while 24.4% of people live alone, which is well below the Tasmania figure of 29.0%.
24.4% ▲ +28.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Huon, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.6% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. Couples without children are the most frequent family type at 44.0%, followed closely by couples with children at 41.6%.
13.6% ▲ +94.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Port Huon splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Port Huon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60514/port-huon/topic/family-households