2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 32% of people in Sale live alone, a figure well above the national average. This trend has grown since 2011 and means the town has a higher proportion of single-person homes than most similar areas. Overall, households here are slightly smaller than those across Victoria and Australia.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Sale — lower than 71% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home in Sale holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. While 34.6% of households have two people, those living alone make up a much higher share of the population than in most other areas.
2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
32.9% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Sale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.6% of the total, which is well above the Victoria and Australia figures. While couples with children are the most common family type at 50.9%, the proportion of single parents has remained steady since 2011.
17.6% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Sale, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Sale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205051103/sale/topic/family-households