2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Summerhill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Summerhill
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Summerhill have shifted since 2011, now marked by a higher proportion of single-parent homes. While typical households hold about 2.4 people, there is a notable trend of more people living alone compared to the national average.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Summerhill — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.8% of residents live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common at 33.3%, while the overall home size is about the same as the state and national figures.
28.8% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Summerhill splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.7% of the area, a figure that is well above both the Tasmanian and Australian averages. Couples with children are the most frequent family type at 52.1%.
19.7% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Summerhill, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Summerhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60653/summerhill/topic/family-households