2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sunnyside · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sunnyside
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living on their own shapes daily life in Sunnyside, where 40% of all homes are single-person households. This is far above the figures for Tasmania and Australia. While most homes are small, over half of the families here are couples raising children.
2.4
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- 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 Sunnyside — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, living alone is very common here, with 40% of households consisting of just one person.
40.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sunnyside splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (33%), with 4 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.9% of families in the area. In contrast, one-parent families make up only 8.2%, a figure that is well below both the Tasmanian and national averages.
8.2% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sunnyside, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Sunnyside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60654/sunnyside/topic/family-households