2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whittlesea · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Whittlesea
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Whittlesea, where 66% of families fit this description. This contributes to a trend of larger living arrangements, with the typical home holding more people than the state or national average.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Whittlesea — higher than 89% of areas.
| Whittlesea | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Whittlesea typically hold 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the area having some of the lowest rates of people living alone, at just 18.2% compared to 25.6% across Australia.
18.2% ▲ +19.7%
Lower than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whittlesea, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 14.1% of the total, a figure that is about the same as both the Victorian and national averages. This proportion has barely changed since 2011.
14.1% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whittlesea, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Whittlesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27070/whittlesea/topic/family-households