2.1 —
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Norlane · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of homes in Norlane are occupied by people living alone. This makes it an area with very small households, where the typical home holds far fewer people than the national figure.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Norlane — lower than 89% of areas.
Average household size.
With 39.7% of people living alone, Norlane has one of the highest rates of single-person homes for its area. Consequently, the typical home has only 2.1 people, which is a little below the Victoria average of 2.5.
2.1 —
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
39.7% —
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Norlane, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (15%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 34.7% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. This is among the highest rates for this family type across similar areas.
34.7% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Norlane splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (35%), with Couples without children at 24%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Norlane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203021488/norlane/topic/family-households