2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sorell Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sorell Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the homes in Sorell Creek are families with children, creating a domestic atmosphere that is common for the region. While the area is family-heavy, it also has a notable number of people living on their own.
2.4
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- 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 Creek — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Tasmanian and national figures. About 27.5% of households are people living alone, a rate slightly above the Australian average.
27.5% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sorell Creek splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (28%), with 4 people at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 52.6% having children and 41% without. Notably, one-parent families make up only 6.4% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
6.4% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sorell Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60610/sorell-creek/topic/family-households