2.2 ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 89% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Higgins · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Higgins
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Higgins are couples with children, making them the most common household type. This area is shifting towards smaller living arrangements, with the typical home now holding just 2.2 people. It is an area where a significant number of residents live independently.
2.2
▼ -18.5%
- 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 Higgins — lower than 89% of areas.
| Higgins | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 36.2% of people in Higgins live alone, a figure that is far above the national level and has risen 13 points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home size is now 2.2 people, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
36.2% ▲ +57.5%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Higgins splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.7% of the total, which is well below the national figure and has fallen since 2011. Most families here are couples, with 55.2% having children and 33.3% without.
9.7% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 98% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Higgins, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Higgins [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED220/higgins/topic/family-households