2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Hobart · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Hobart
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in South Hobart than in most similar areas. This is a place where small households are common, with the typical home holding 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Hobart — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30.6% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 34.5% of all homes.
30.6% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →South Hobart splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.9% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.6% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas but a little below the Tasmanian average.
13.6% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Hobart, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60615/south-hobart/topic/family-households