2.7 ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Snug · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Snug
How families and households are made up across the area.
Home sizes in Snug have grown since 2011, with the typical number of people per house rising from 2.2 to 2.7. This shift is seen in the high number of larger households and a significant drop in people living alone. Most residents live in family groups, with couples with children making up 64.1% of the total.
2.7
▲ +22.7%
- 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 Snug — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most areas, with 2.7 people per house compared to the Tasmanian figure of 2.4. This is reflected in the low 22.1% of people living alone, a figure that has fallen by 8.3 points since 2011.
22.1% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Snug, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children dominate the local landscape, making up 64.1% of families. The share of one-parent families is only 10.3%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and much lower than most other areas.
10.3% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Snug, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Snug [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615024/snug/topic/family-households