2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stonnington · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Stonnington
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people share a home in Stonnington than in most similar areas. The typical household here has only 2.1 people, a figure that has edged down since 2011. This trend is driven by a very high number of people living alone compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Stonnington — lower than 90% of areas.
| Stonnington | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 40% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This high proportion of single-person households helps explain why the typical home size is smaller than in other areas.
39.2% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Stonnington splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of families here are couples with children, while 37.3% are couples without. Only 10.1% are one-parent families, which is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.1% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stonnington, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Stonnington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26350/stonnington/topic/family-households