2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hamilton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Hamilton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Hamilton are made up of people living alone, creating a distinct social landscape for the town. This high number of single-person homes means the typical household here is smaller than in most other areas.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Hamilton — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 37.2% of people living alone—a figure far above the national average—homes in Hamilton are smaller than usual. The typical home holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5.
37.2% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hamilton splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of the families here are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 15.9%. This last group is a little above the state average and has risen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
15.9% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hamilton, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214008/hamilton/topic/family-households