2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hepburn · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Hepburn
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Hepburn than in 2011, which has helped pull the typical household size down. This shift is clear as the area now sees a much higher proportion of single-person homes compared to most other parts of the country.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Hepburn — lower than 86% of areas.
| Hepburn | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.6% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Because so many people live by themselves, the typical home in Hepburn has only 2.2 people, which is much lower than in most other areas.
32.6% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hepburn, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.3% of families, while those without children account for 40.6%. One-parent families make up 12.3% of the total, which is a little below the Victorian average and has fallen since 2011.
12.3% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hepburn, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Hepburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22910/hepburn/topic/family-households