2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sidmouth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sidmouth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people living alone than usual makes Sidmouth a place where most residents share their homes. While the typical home holds 2.3 people, nearly half of all households consist of just two people.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Sidmouth — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 20.9% of residents live alone, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 29%. This helps explain why the typical home size of 2.3 people is a little below the national figure.
20.9% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sidmouth, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with and without children make up an equal share of the area, at 41.9% each. One-parent families account for 13.7% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas.
13.7% ▲ +67.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Sidmouth splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Sidmouth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60601/sidmouth/topic/family-households