2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sulphur Creek · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Sulphur Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest share of families in Sulphur Creek (L), accounting for 58.4% of the total. This is a place where few people live alone and very few families are headed by a single parent. Most homes are shared, and the typical household size has edged up since 2011.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Sulphur Creek — higher than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Sulphur Creek (L) has 2.5 people, which is higher than most similar areas. Only 20% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
20.0% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sulphur Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 5.7% of the total, which is among the lowest for this level and far below the Tasmanian figure. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the rate was 16.4%.
5.7% ▼ -65.1%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sulphur Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Sulphur Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621029/sulphur-creek/topic/family-households