2.7 —
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pakenham - North East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Pakenham - North East
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher rate of one-parent families than the state average defines Pakenham - North East. This community is mostly made up of families, with nearly 60% of households consisting of couples with children. The typical home is slightly larger than the national figure, reflecting a focus on family living.
2.7
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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 Pakenham - North East — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with an average of 2.7 people per dwelling. This is consistent with the fact that only 22.6% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
22.6% —
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pakenham - North East, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.0% of the area, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This is a significant contrast to the 59.4% of families who are couples with children.
19.0% —
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pakenham - North East, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Pakenham - North East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212011549/pakenham-north-east/topic/family-households