2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Sorell · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Port Sorell
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Port Sorell than in the typical Australian home, with 30.7% of households consisting of just one person. This gap makes the area stand out against national figures, though the number of single-person homes has fallen since 2011.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Port Sorell — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with only 2.1 people per household. This figure is a little below both the state and national averages and has edged down over the last decade.
30.7% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Sorell, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 12.3% of the total, which is well below the Tasmanian average of 15.9%. Nearly half of all families are couples without children, while 39.8% are couples with children.
12.3% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Sorell, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Port Sorell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615018/port-sorell/topic/family-households