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.
Hindmarsh · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Hindmarsh
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well over 33% of people in Hindmarsh live alone, which is a much higher figure than in most other Australian areas. This contributes to smaller households overall, with the typical home in the area housing just 2.2 people.
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 Hindmarsh — lower than 86% of areas.
| Hindmarsh | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 33.5% of households consisting of one person, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This trend has risen since 2011, and the typical home now holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 2.5.
33.5% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hindmarsh, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of families are couples with children, and 37.7% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 10.9% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and has fallen since 2011.
10.9% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hindmarsh, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 Hindmarsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22980/hindmarsh/topic/family-households