2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Swan Hill · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Swan Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical household in Swan Hill contains 2.5 people, a figure that has remained steady since 2011. The area's housing patterns are mostly consistent with state and national trends, with a balanced mix of family units and single-person homes.
2.5
→ 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 Swan Hill — higher than 71% of areas.
| Swan Hill | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.9% of people live alone, which is a little above the Australian figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 35.6% of the total.
27.9% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Swan Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 53.8%. One-parent families account for 14.1% of the total, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
14.1% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Swan Hill, 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 Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26610/swan-hill/topic/family-households