2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Strathfieldsaye · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Strathfieldsaye
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 68% of families in Strathfieldsaye are couples with children. This is a place of larger households and few people living alone, making it much more family-focused than most similar areas.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Strathfieldsaye — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. Very few people live alone at 14.0%, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
14.0% ▲ +39.9%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Strathfieldsaye, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 8.5% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This is among the lowest proportions seen in similar areas.
8.5% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Strathfieldsaye, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Strathfieldsaye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/202011024/strathfieldsaye/topic/family-households