2.3 —
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Reservoir - North East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are now living alone in Reservoir - North East than in previous years. This shift is reflected in the data, with nearly 32% of households consisting of just one person. This high number of single-person homes contributes to the area having fewer people per home than the national figure.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Reservoir - North East — lower than 71% of areas.
Average household size.
A typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian and Victorian figures of 2.5. This is partly because 31.9% of people live alone, a rate well above both the state and national averages.
2.3 —
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
31.9% —
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Reservoir - North East splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 16%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families are couples with children, while 16.3% are one-parent families. This proportion of single-parent homes is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
16.3% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Reservoir - North East, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Reservoir - North East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209021523/reservoir-north-east/topic/family-households