1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Kilda East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in St Kilda East
How families and households are made up across the area.
St Kilda East has some of the smallest households in the region, with very few people living in each home. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, a trend that has grown since 2011.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 St Kilda East — lower than 96% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Almost 43% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This explains why the typical home here has only 1.9 people, well below the Victorian average of 2.5.
42.7% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In St Kilda East, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.7% of families, while 40.1% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 10.1% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
10.1% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Kilda East, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 St Kilda East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206051134/st-kilda-east/topic/family-households