2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Indi · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Indi
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Indi live alone, a figure well above the national average. This makes it a place where small households are common, with the typical home now holding fewer people than it did ten years ago.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Indi — lower than 86% of areas.
| Indi | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Indi has 2.3 people, which is much lower than most areas. This trend is driven by a rise in people living alone, who now make up 29.6% of households—up 6.5 percentage points since 2011.
29.6% ▲ +27.9%
Higher than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Indi, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families here are couples with children, while 34.2% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 14.1% of the total, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
14.1% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Indi, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Indi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED223/indi/topic/family-households