3.1 ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Holt · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Holt
How families and households are made up across the area.
An average of 3.1 people live in each home in Holt, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This reflects a shift toward larger households, which now stand a little above the national figure. The area is dominated by family groups, with very few people living on their own.
3.1
▲ +29.2%
- 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 Holt — higher than 99% of areas.
| Holt | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, with only 15.1% of households consisting of one person. This is a sharp drop from 2011, while the typical household size has grown to 3.1 people.
15.1% ▼ -46.4%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Holt splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 4 people (22%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 69.5%. One-parent families account for 13.1%, a figure that is lower than most areas and about the same as the Victorian average.
13.1% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Holt, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Holt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED221/holt/topic/family-households