2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Underwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Underwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Underwood than in most similar areas, with only 13.2% of households being single-person homes. This makes it a place where residents are much more likely to live with others, reflecting a strong lean towards family-based living.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Underwood — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.6 people per household compared to 2.4 in Tasmania. Nearly half of all homes (47.1%) house two people, while about 18% have four people.
13.2% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Underwood, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 55.8%. The number of one-parent families is 7.2%, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 15.9%.
7.2% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Underwood, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Underwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60703/underwood/topic/family-households