2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hotham · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Hotham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Hotham, where the typical home holds 2.7 people. This reflects a community dominated by families, with far fewer people living alone compared to the state and national averages.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Hotham — higher than 71% of areas.
| Hotham | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 22.1% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the Victorian and Australian averages and has fallen since 2011. Most homes are occupied by two people (29.5%), while 17.8% hold four people.
22.1% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 73% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hotham, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 60.4%. One-parent families account for 15.0% of the total, which is a little above the Victorian figure and has risen slightly since 2011.
15.0% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hotham, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Hotham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED222/hotham/topic/family-households