2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Carrum - Patterson Lakes · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Carrum - Patterson Lakes
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families have risen by 1.3 percentage points since 2011 in Carrum - Patterson Lakes. While the number of people per home has remained steady at 2.4, more people are now living alone compared to most other areas.
2.4
→ 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 Carrum - Patterson Lakes — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.5% of residents live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 34.1% of all households.
28.5% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Carrum - Patterson Lakes, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.8% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
14.8% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Carrum - Patterson Lakes, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Carrum - Patterson Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208031185/carrum-patterson-lakes/topic/family-households