2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sorell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sorell
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families are far more common in Sorell than in most similar areas, making up 19.2% of all families. This stands well above both the Tasmanian and national figures. The area is mostly made up of small households, with nearly 30% of all homes being occupied by a person living alone.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Sorell — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Sorell has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Single-person households are common, with 29.2% of residents living alone, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
29.2% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sorell, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families here are couples with children, while 31.1% are couples without children. The 19.2% of one-parent families is much higher than in most other areas, sitting well above the national rate of 14.1%.
19.2% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sorell, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (31%) 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 Sorell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60609/sorell/topic/family-households