2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Scopus · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Scopus
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Scopus have remained remarkably stable over the last decade. The area is defined by a strong presence of couples with children, who make up 78% of families. It is a place where households are slightly larger than the state average, typically housing 2.6 people.
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 Scopus — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Scopus generally hold more people than those in other areas. With 2.6 people per home, the figure is a little above the Tasmanian average of 2.4.
Household size
View on map →In Scopus, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children dominate the local family landscape, while one-parent families are completely absent. At 0%, this is far below the Tasmanian rate of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Scopus, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Scopus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60590/scopus/topic/family-households