2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whittlesea · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Whittlesea
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households are a defining feature of Whittlesea, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This figure is much higher than most other areas. The community is largely made up of families, with far fewer people living alone than in the rest of the state.
2.8
→ 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 Whittlesea — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Whittlesea are bigger than average, and only 19.7% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This pattern has remained steady since 2011, with 32.6% of households consisting of two people.
19.7% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whittlesea, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 62.8%. One-parent families account for 12.7% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state average and has risen slightly since 2011.
12.7% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whittlesea, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Whittlesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209041225/whittlesea/topic/family-households