2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sloping Main · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Sloping Main — lower than 81% of areas.
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
40.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Sloping Main, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 48%.
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Sloping Main, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 43%.
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