Spring Beach · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Spring Beach

How families and households are made up across the area.

Just 2.0 people typically live in each home in Spring Beach, making it a much smaller household size than most other areas. This small scale is driven by a high number of single-person homes and a total absence of one-parent families.

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Where Spring Beach sits — Average household size

2.0 ▼ -13.0%
  • 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 Spring Beach — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Spring Beach2.0
7190, TAS 2.1
Tasmania 2.4
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 30% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Over half of all homes contain only two people, contributing to a typical household size that is well below the Australian average.

2.0 ▼ -13.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.0% ▲ +23.3%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.3%
  • 2016: 30.6%
  • 2021: 30.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Spring Beach, 2 people is the majority at 59%; 1 person is next at 34%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life here is mostly made up of couples, with 62.5% being without children. Notably, there are no one-parent families in the area, a figure far below both the state and national averages.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.9%
  • 2016: 25.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Spring Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with children is next at 38%.

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 Spring Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60629/spring-beach/topic/family-households