2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Jagajaga · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Jagajaga
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Jagajaga than in most similar areas. This is a place where family life is the norm, with 63.1% of families consisting of couples with children. While the number of people per home has edged down slightly since 2011, the area remains geared toward larger households.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Jagajaga — higher than 57% of areas.
| Jagajaga | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Jagajaga holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. While 23.2% of people live alone—a figure that rose since 2011—this is still a little below the Victorian and national figures.
23.2% ▲ +18.0%
Lower than 66% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Jagajaga, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.5% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure. The vast majority of families are couples, with 87.6% being couples with or without children.
11.5% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Jagajaga, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Jagajaga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED225/jagajaga/topic/family-households