2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ashburton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Ashburton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households are a defining feature of Ashburton compared to most similar areas. The suburb is dominated by families, with 71.3% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Ashburton — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Ashburton holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This trend is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 19.9%, which is well below the Victorian average.
19.9% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ashburton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (24%), with 1 person at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 9.6% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
9.6% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ashburton, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Ashburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011146/ashburton/topic/family-households