2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home have lived in Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury since 2011, with the typical household size edging down to 2.7 people. Most homes here are family-based, with couples with children making up 65.6% of the total.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 22.3% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, accounting for 32.5% of all homes.
22.3% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.6% of the area, a figure that is much lower than most similar places and well below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
9.6% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011155/surrey-hills-canterbury/topic/family-households