2.8 ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hawke · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Hawke
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are much more common in Hawke than in most similar areas. The area is mostly made up of families, with 62.3% being couples with children. This focus on family life is reflected in the fact that homes here typically hold more people than the national figure.
2.8
▼ -9.7%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Hawke — higher than 79% of areas.
| Hawke | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Hawke hold 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 20.8% of people live alone—well below the Australian average—though this number has risen by 5.4 percentage points since 2011.
20.8% ▲ +34.8%
Lower than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hawke, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.1% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This figure has risen by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
16.1% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 76% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hawke, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Hawke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED219/hawke/topic/family-households