1.9 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Bruny · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Bruny
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people share a home in South Bruny than in other parts of the country. This sparsely populated area is defined by small households and a high number of people living by themselves.
1.9
—
- 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 Bruny — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 1.9 people live in the typical home, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. This is reflected in the 36.8% of people living alone, a figure far above the Australian average.
36.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Bruny, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the biggest group at 59.3%. One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, accounting for 18.5% of families.
18.5% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Bruny, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 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 South Bruny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60612/south-bruny/topic/family-households