2.9 ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Swan Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Swan Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 7.5% of people live alone in Swan Bay, which is among the lowest rates for any similar area. This makes the community stand out for its high number of larger households. Most residents live in family groups, creating a residential pattern very different from the state and national norms.
2.9
▲ +11.5%
- 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 Swan Bay — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with a typical size of 2.9 people. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 2.4 and the national figure of 2.5.
7.5% ▼ -51.4%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Swan Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.8% of families, while one-parent families are much lower than most areas at just 5.1%. This is far below the Tasmania rate of 15.9%.
5.1% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Swan Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; 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 Swan Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60658/swan-bay/topic/family-households