1.8 ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Southport · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Southport
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all homes in Southport are occupied by a single person, which is far above the national figure. This makes the area stand out for its small household sizes and high number of people living alone.
1.8
▼ -18.2%
- 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 Southport — lower than 91% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 50% of people living alone, the typical home in Southport holds only 1.8 people. This is well below the Tasmanian average of 2.4 and the Australian figure of 2.5.
50.0% ▲ +43.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Southport, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up half of the local families, while 43.9% are couples with children. Only 9.8% of families are led by one parent, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.8% ▼ -53.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Southport, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (42%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Southport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60623/southport/topic/family-households