1.9 ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Abbotsford · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Abbotsford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households define daily life in Abbotsford, where nearly 41% of residents live alone. This is a stark contrast to most of Australia, creating a neighborhood of single-person homes and small living spaces.
1.9
▼ -17.4%
- 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 Abbotsford — lower than 96% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Abbotsford holds just 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This shift toward smaller living arrangements is clear, as the number of people living alone rose 12 points since 2011 to 40.7%.
40.7% ▲ +41.3%
Higher than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Abbotsford splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (39%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families here, at 51.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 8.3% of the total, a figure that is well below the Victorian average.
8.3% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Abbotsford, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 38%.
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 Abbotsford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206071139/abbotsford/topic/family-households