2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Highton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Highton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Highton have edged up slightly since 2011 to reach a typical 2.7 people per home. This area is more likely to be home to families than other similar places, with a much lower rate of people living alone compared to the state and national figures.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Highton — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 22% of people here live alone, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%. Most homes are occupied by two people (33.2%), while 19.4% have four people.
22.0% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Highton, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up the largest group at 64.6%. Single-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, at just 8.8% compared to the national figure of 14.1%.
8.8% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Highton, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Highton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203021042/highton/topic/family-households