2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Retreat · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Retreat than in most similar areas, with a typical home holding 2.6 people. This trend means larger households are common here compared to the rest of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Retreat — higher than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
With 2.6 people per home, households in Retreat are a little larger than the Tasmania average of 2.4. This figure is about the same as the national average of 2.5.
2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Retreat splits fairly evenly between 3 people (50%) and 4 people (50%).
Family types and one-parent families.
The most common family composition is Couples with children at 35%, ahead of One-parent families (29%).
In Retreat, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by One-parent families (36%) and Couples without children (21%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Retreat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60546/retreat/topic/family-households