2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sunbury · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Sunbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Sunbury have edged down since 2011, though they remain larger than in most other areas. The typical home now holds 2.8 people, making it a place where larger living arrangements are common compared to the rest of the state.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Sunbury — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.8 people per home, Sunbury is a little above the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. This larger household size is reflected in the fact that only 16.2% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
16.2% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sunbury, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 63.5%. One-parent families account for 12.8% of the total, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011 and sits about the same as the state average.
12.8% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sunbury, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Sunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210041240/sunbury/topic/family-households