2.3 —
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Preston - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Preston - East
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have moved into single-person households in Preston - East since 2016. This shift is part of a broader trend where homes are becoming smaller, with the typical home now housing just 2.3 people.
2.3
—
- 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 Preston - East — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common here, making up 31.4% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of people living alone helps explain why the typical home size is a little below the Victorian average.
31.4% —
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Preston - East splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 52.5%, while one-parent families account for 14.2%. This last figure is higher than in most areas, though it has fallen slightly since 2016.
14.2% —
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Preston - East, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Preston - East
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Preston - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209021428/preston-east/topic/family-households