2.0 —
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hawthorn - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people share a roof in Hawthorn - South than in most similar areas. This is a place where living alone is very common, with 41.5% of households consisting of just one person.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Hawthorn - South — lower than 93% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home holds only 2.0 people, which is well below the state and national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the high number of single-person households, which is far above the Australian average.
2.0 —
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
41.5% —
Higher than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Hawthorn - South, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (11%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are less likely to be headed by a single parent here, at 8.6%, which is well below the national rate of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 51.5% having children and 37.1% without.
8.6% —
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Hawthorn - South, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Hawthorn - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011520/hawthorn-south/topic/family-households