2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Surprise Bay · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 2.0 people live in the typical home in Surprise Bay, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This makes the area's households significantly smaller than most other places in the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Surprise Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
Average household size.
With only 2.0 people per home, household sizes here are much lower than most areas. This is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 2.4 and well below the Australian average of 2.5.
2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Family types and one-parent families.
The most common family composition is Couples without children at 100%, ahead of Couples with children (0%).
In Surprise Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 100%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Surprise Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60656/surprise-bay/topic/family-households