2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Highett (East) - Cheltenham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Highett (East) - Cheltenham
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of people in Highett (East) - Cheltenham live alone, a figure well above the national average. This trend contributes to smaller overall households, with a typical home holding just 2.3 people.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Highett (East) - Cheltenham — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 30.7% of households being single-person, a figure that has risen since 2011. Consequently, the usual home size is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5 people.
30.7% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Highett (East) - Cheltenham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 59.4%, while one-parent families account for 13.1%. This last figure is about the same as the state average and has barely changed over the last decade.
13.1% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Highett (East) - Cheltenham, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Highett (East) - Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208031188/highett-cheltenham/topic/family-households