3.1 ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wyndham · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Wyndham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over three people typically live in each home in Wyndham, which is among the highest rates for this kind of area. This reflects a community dominated by larger family groups, with very few residents living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
3.1
▲ +6.9%
- 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 Wyndham — higher than 91% of areas.
| Wyndham | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 3.1 people, a figure that has edged up since 2011. Only 15.2% of households are people living alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
15.2% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wyndham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 4 people (23%), with 3 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 70.2% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 12.4%, which is lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
12.4% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wyndham, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; 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 Wyndham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27260/wyndham/topic/family-households