2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Horsham · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Horsham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well over 31% of people in Horsham live alone, a figure far higher than the national average. This trend towards smaller households is a key feature of the area, with the typical home now holding fewer people than it did a decade ago.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Horsham — lower than 71% of areas.
| Horsham | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Horsham holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This has edged down since 2011, while the proportion of people living alone rose to 31.6%, placing it well above the Victorian average.
31.6% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Horsham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, making up 53.5% of the total. One-parent families account for 14.5%, which is higher than most areas and a little above the state average.
14.5% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Horsham, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23190/horsham/topic/family-households