2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Darebin · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Darebin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Darebin, 57.3%, are couples with children. This makes the area a key hub for families, though there is also a notable rise in people living on their own. Most homes now hold about 2.4 people, which is a slight drop from a decade ago.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Darebin — lower than 57% of areas.
| Darebin | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.6% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This number has risen since 2011, while two-person homes remain the most common household size at 32.4%.
30.6% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Darebin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 27.8% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 13.1%, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011 and is a little below the national average.
13.1% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Darebin, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Darebin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21890/darebin/topic/family-households