Retreat · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Retreat

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.

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📍 Retreat, Suburb / Locality

Where Retreat sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Retreat — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Retreat2.6
7254, TAS 2.4
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2016: 1.0
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Retreat splits fairly evenly between 3 people (50%) and 4 people (50%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

The most common family composition is Couples with children at 35%, ahead of One-parent families (29%).

Family composition

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In Retreat, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by One-parent families (36%) and Couples without children (21%).

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 Retreat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60546/retreat/topic/family-households