2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Somerset · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Somerset
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Somerset than in most similar areas. This creates a trend where homes are smaller, with a typical size of 2.2 people, which is a little below the Tasmanian and national figures.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Somerset — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 32.8% of people live by themselves, a figure well above the national rate of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 38.4% of the area.
32.8% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Somerset, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.8% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
18.8% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Somerset, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Somerset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60608/somerset/topic/family-households