2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alexandra · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Alexandra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 35% of people in Alexandra live alone, a figure well above the national average. This creates a landscape of smaller households, with a typical home holding just 2.1 people. This is much lower than most other areas in the region.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Alexandra — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, making up 34.7% of all households, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This has contributed to a trend of shrinking home sizes, with the typical number of people per home edging down to 2.1 since 2011.
34.7% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alexandra, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children and couples without children both make up 43.4% of families. One-parent families account for 12.4%, a figure that is about the same as the state average and has risen slightly since 2011.
12.4% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Alexandra splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Alexandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204011054/alexandra/topic/family-households