Sloping Main · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Sloping Main

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes define daily life in Sloping Main, where 40% of people live alone. This is a much higher rate than seen in most other areas, resulting in a typical home holding only 2.1 people.

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📍 Sloping Main, Suburb / Locality

Where Sloping Main sits — Average household size

2.1
  • 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 Sloping Main — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Sloping Main2.1
7186, TAS 2.1
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is far more common here than in Tasmania or Australia, with 40% of households consisting of just one person. Most homes hold either one or two people, which helps explain why the typical household size is a little below the national figure.

2.1

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.6
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

40.0%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 36.0%
  • 2021: 40.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Sloping Main, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 48%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

There are no one-parent families in Sloping Main, a figure far below both the state and national averages. Most families here are couples, with 63% having children and 47.8% without.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 19.4%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Sloping Main, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 43%.

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 Sloping Main [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60605/sloping-main/topic/family-households