2.4 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hobart · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Hobart
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people per home live in Hobart than in most similar areas. This is a place where over half of families have children, though it also sees a high rate of one-parent households.
2.4
→ 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 Hobart — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. About 28.9% of residents live alone, a rate well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
28.9% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hobart splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.1% of the total, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples with children, who account for 51.7% of the total.
17.1% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hobart, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL603001/hobart/topic/family-households