2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Parkville · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Parkville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person homes have risen by nearly 9 percentage points since 2011 in Parkville. This shift means the area now has a much higher proportion of people living alone than most other similar places. Today, the typical home in the area is smaller than the state and national figures.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Parkville — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 36.1% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Parkville holds only 2.1 people, a figure that is much lower than most areas.
36.1% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Parkville splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 43% of families, while those without children account for 42.6%. One-parent families represent 11% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
11.0% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Parkville splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Parkville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206041124/parkville/topic/family-households