2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sandy Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sandy Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household structures in Sandy Bay have shifted over the last decade, with a notable rise in the number of people living alone. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, the area now has a higher proportion of single-person households than most similar places.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Sandy Bay — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28% of residents in Sandy Bay live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 36.9% of all households.
28.0% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sandy Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 8.1% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Tasmanian average of 15.9% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
8.1% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sandy Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Sandy Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60585/sandy-bay/topic/family-households