2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gladstone Park - Westmeadows · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Gladstone Park - Westmeadows
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Gladstone Park - Westmeadows than in most similar areas. This community is largely driven by families, with nearly 60% of households being couples with children. While single-person homes have increased recently, they remain much less common here than in the rest of Victoria.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Gladstone Park - Westmeadows — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is higher than in most areas. While 22.4% of people live alone—a figure that rose since 2011—this is still well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
22.4% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gladstone Park - Westmeadows, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.8% of the local area, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas and well above the state average. Most families are couples with children, who account for 59.4% of the total.
16.8% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gladstone Park - Westmeadows, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; 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 Gladstone Park - Westmeadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210051245/gladstone-park-westmeadows/topic/family-households