3.1 → 0.0%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hume · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Hume
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 68.3% of families in Hume, making it a strong hub for family life. This area has larger households than most others, with a typical home holding 3.1 people.
3.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Hume — higher than 91% of areas.
| Hume | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Hume has a typical household size of 3.1 people, which is a little above the state and national figures. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 17.1%, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
17.1% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hume, the largest group is 2 people at 26%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 14.4% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure and a little above the state average. This is a slight drop from 2011, when the figure was 15.4%.
14.4% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hume, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23270/hume/topic/family-households