2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Verona Sands · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high rate of one-parent families defines the domestic life of Verona Sands, where 24.2% of families fit this description. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. The area has a mix of small and medium households, though it tends to have fewer people per home than most other areas.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Verona Sands — lower than 81% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes in Verona Sands are smaller than usual, with only 2.1 people per home compared to 2.5 nationally. This is consistent with a high number of people living alone, which at 33.3% is well above the Tasmanian figure.
2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
33.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Verona Sands splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (33%), with 4 people at 16%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.2% of the total, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. Couples without children are the most common family type at 35.4%, followed by couples with children at 33.3%.
24.2% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Verona Sands splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (36%) and Couples with children (34%), with One-parent families at 24%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Verona Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60713/verona-sands/topic/family-households