2.8 ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Delahey · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Delahey
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share each home in Delahey than in most other areas, creating a community where larger households are the norm. This is a family-focused suburb where about 60% of households are couples with children, and single-person homes are much less common than the state average.
2.8
▼ -9.7%
- 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 Delahey — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas, though this is down from 3.1 in 2011. Only 21.4% of residents live alone, a figure well below both the Victorian and national averages.
21.4% ▲ +39.0%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Delahey, the largest group is 2 people at 27%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.2% of the area, which is well above the national figure and has risen since 2011. Most families here are couples with children, who account for 60.2% of the total.
19.2% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Delahey, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Delahey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213011331/delahey/topic/family-households