2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Belgrave - Selby · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Belgrave - Selby
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Belgrave - Selby than in the rest of the state, with only 16.1% of households being single-person homes. This gap helps explain why the area's typical home is more crowded than the national average. Most homes here are filled by families and larger groups.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Belgrave - Selby — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Belgrave - Selby are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per dwelling, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. While 33.3% of homes hold two people, those with only one resident are much less common here than in most other areas.
16.1% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Belgrave - Selby, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central to the area, with couples with children making up 64.2% of all families. One-parent families account for 11.7% of the total, a figure that is a little below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
11.7% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Belgrave - Selby, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; 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 Belgrave - Selby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211051274/belgrave-selby/topic/family-households