Sheffield · Urban Centre

Average household size

2.12021 -8.7%

Sheffield's household size is 2.1 — well below average.

It ranks 525th from the bottom of 1,820 urban centres nationally — lower than 82% of them.

Sheffield has a lower household size than nearby Penguin, Deloraine and Ulverstone.

Since 2011, it has fallen 9% (from 2.3) — a bigger change than the national fall of 4%.

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📍 Sheffield, Urban Centre

Trend across censuses

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Where Sheffield sits

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Sheffield — lower than 82% of areas.

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Average household size in nearby areas

  1. Gawler (L) (Tas.)2.5
  2. Railton (L)2.4
  3. Forth (L)2.4
  4. Latrobe2.3
  5. Mole Creek (L)2.3
  6. Devonport2.3
  7. Ulverstone2.2
  8. Deloraine2.2
  9. Penguin2.2
  10. Port Sorell2.1

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