2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sulphur Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sulphur Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 5.9% of families in Sulphur Creek are headed by a single parent, a figure far below the state and national levels. This suggests a community where two-parent households are much more common than in other similar areas. The area's family structures are generally stable and traditional.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Sulphur Creek — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Sulphur Creek house two people (43.8%), and the typical size of 2.5 people is about the same as the national figure. Fewer people live alone here than in the rest of Tasmania, at just 21%.
21.0% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sulphur Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57.6%. One-parent families are very rare here, appearing at a rate much lower than most areas and far below the Tasmanian figure of 15.9%.
5.9% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sulphur Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Sulphur Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60652/sulphur-creek/topic/family-households