2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shearwater · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shearwater
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are much more common in Shearwater than in most similar areas. Nearly half of all homes are occupied by couples without children, and about 31% of residents live alone. This contributes to a typical home size that is smaller than both the state and national figures.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Shearwater — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Just 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is much lower than most areas. This is consistent with the high number of single-person households, at 31.2%, which is well above the Australian figure.
31.2% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shearwater, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up nearly half of all families at 48.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.8% of the total, a figure that is well below the Tasmanian average.
11.8% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shearwater, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Shearwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60598/shearwater/topic/family-households