2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sandfly · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sandfly
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 65.7% of families in Sandfly, making it a strong hub for family life. This focus on families is reflected in the typical home, where 2.8 people live—a figure that is a little above the national average.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Sandfly — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most areas, with very few people (14.8%) living alone compared to the national figure of 25.6%. The most common household size is two people, making up 33% of all homes.
14.8% ▲ —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sandfly, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 10.1% of the total, which is well below both the Tasmanian and Australian figures. This sits alongside a high proportion of couples with children, who represent 65.7% of families.
10.1% ▲ +177.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sandfly, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Sandfly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60583/sandfly/topic/family-households