2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Squeaking Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Squeaking Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people per home are found in Squeaking Point than in most similar areas. The community is largely made up of family units, with couples with children making up 57.1% of all families.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Squeaking Point — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. This larger household size is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 23.1%, which is well below the state average.
23.1% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Squeaking Point, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.1% of the total, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages. Most families are couples, with 57.1% having children and 34.1% without.
5.1% ▼ -43.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Squeaking Point, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Squeaking Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60631/squeaking-point/topic/family-households