2.6 ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sassafras · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sassafras
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than 7% of families in Sassafras are headed by one parent, a figure that is well below both state and national levels. This small proportion of single-parent homes contributes to a local landscape where larger, multi-person households are more common than in the rest of Tasmania.
2.6
▼ -10.3%
- 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 Sassafras — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Sassafras typically hold 2.6 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 21.1%, which is well below the national average.
21.1% ▲ +61.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sassafras, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 58%. Only 6.3% are one-parent families, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.3% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sassafras, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Sassafras [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60586/sassafras/topic/family-households