2.9 ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Scullin · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Scullin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Homes in Scullin have grown larger since 2011, with the typical number of people per household rising to 2.9. This shift is most visible in the sharp drop in people living alone, meaning more residents are now sharing their homes than a decade ago.
2.9
▲ +16.0%
- 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 Scullin — higher than 86% of areas.
| Scullin | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, Scullin's households are much larger than most areas and sit a little above the Victorian and national figures. Only 19.1% of people live alone, which is well below the national rate of 25.6%.
19.1% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Scullin, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group here at 65%. One-parent families account for 14.5%, a figure that is about the same as the national average and has risen slightly since 2011.
14.5% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Scullin, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Scullin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED237/scullin/topic/family-households