3.1 ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Casey · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Casey
How families and households are made up across the area.
Some of the largest households in the region are found in Casey, where an average of 3.1 people live in each home. This area is dominated by family life, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the state and country.
3.1
▲ +3.3%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Casey — higher than 91% of areas.
| Casey | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home are a little above the national figure of 2.5, a number that has edged up since 2011. This is reflected in the low 15.6% of people living alone, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
15.6% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Casey splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (22%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 69.2%. One-parent families account for 12.5%, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
12.5% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Casey, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Casey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21610/casey/topic/family-households