3.1 ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cranbourne West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Cranbourne West
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Cranbourne West than in 2011, with the typical household now holding 3.1 people. This is a high figure for the area, and it is a little above both the Victorian and national averages. The suburb is largely made up of families, with nearly 70% of households being couples with children.
3.1
▲ +3.3%
- 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 Cranbourne West — higher than 91% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Crowded homes are common here, as 3.1 people per household is among the highest for similar areas. This trend is mirrored by a very low number of people living alone, at 14.8%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
14.8% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cranbourne West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (22%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 69.4% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 13.1%, a figure that has fallen 6.2 points since 2011 and is now about the same as the state and national averages.
13.1% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cranbourne West, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Cranbourne West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212031304/cranbourne-west/topic/family-households