2.4 —
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boronia · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Boronia
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Boronia than in most similar areas. While the typical home size is about the same as the state and national figure, there is a noticeably higher proportion of one-parent families here compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
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- 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 Boronia — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.6% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home has 2.4 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
28.6% —
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boronia, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.5% of the area, which is well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. Over half of all families are couples with children, accounting for 55.0% of the total.
16.5% —
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boronia, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Boronia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211011446/boronia/topic/family-households