2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Saltwater River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Saltwater River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Saltwater River than in the rest of Tasmania, where only 20.8% of households are single-person. This contributes to a family-focused profile for the area, where half of all families are couples with children.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 Saltwater River — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Saltwater River holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. Small households are common, with 43.4% of homes containing two people.
20.8% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Saltwater River, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 1 person (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50% of families here, while couples without children account for 44.6%. One-parent families represent 9.8% of the total, a figure well below the Tasmanian average of 15.9%.
9.8% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Saltwater River, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (43%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Saltwater River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60582/saltwater-river/topic/family-households