2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Emerald - Cockatoo · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Emerald - Cockatoo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Emerald - Cockatoo than in most similar areas. This region is defined by larger households, where the typical home holds 2.9 people, a figure that has remained steady since 2011.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 Emerald - Cockatoo — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With only 16.3% of people living alone, this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This helps explain why homes here are larger than usual, with 21.4% of households containing four people.
16.3% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Emerald - Cockatoo, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 66.4%, while one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas. At 9.0%, the proportion of single-parent families is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.0% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Emerald - Cockatoo, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; 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 Emerald - Cockatoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212011289/emerald-cockatoo/topic/family-households