2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Indigo · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Indigo
How families and households are made up across the area.
A strong preference for couple-led households shapes daily life in Indigo, where 88.9% of families consist of partners living together. This stability is reflected in the local family makeup, which sees far fewer single-parent homes than the national average.
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 Indigo — lower than 57% of areas.
| Indigo | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Indigo house two people, making up 40.1% of all households. While the number of people living alone has risen to 26.1% since 2011, the typical household size of 2.4 people remains about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
26.1% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Indigo, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 10.4% of the total, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%. This proportion has also fallen since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 54%.
10.4% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Indigo, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Indigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23350/indigo/topic/family-households