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.
South Arm · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Arm
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in South Arm are couples with children, making it a primary hub for family life. This focus on family living is reflected in a typical household size of 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
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 South Arm — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 27.2% of people here live alone, a figure that is a little above the national average. Two-person households are the most common, making up 39.9% of all homes.
27.2% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Arm, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.8% of families, while 36.7% are couples without children. Only 10.1% are one-parent families, which is well below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
10.1% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Arm, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 South Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60611/south-arm/topic/family-households