2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Airport West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people in Airport West live alone, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person homes means the area has fewer people per household than most other places. The typical home here is smaller than the state average, with a trend toward fewer residents per dwelling.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Airport West — lower than 71% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home in Airport West has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian average of 2.5. This is driven by the 31.4% of residents living alone, a figure that has risen by 5.8 percentage points since 2011.
2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
31.4% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Airport West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 17%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.4% of the total, which is a little above the national figure, though this has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
15.4% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Airport West, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Airport West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210011226/airport-west/topic/family-households