2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Albans - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in St Albans - North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of one-parent families than most similar areas define St Albans - North. Around 22.5% of families are headed by a single parent, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This creates a landscape where larger households are common, with typical homes holding 2.7 people.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 St Albans - North — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, though the typical number of people per household has edged down slightly since 2011 to 2.7. While 24.5% of people live alone, two-person households are the most common group at 28.8%.
24.5% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →St Albans - North splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (24%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.5% of the local total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This is a high proportion among similar areas and has risen slightly since 2011.
22.5% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Albans - North, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; One-parent families is next at 22%.
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 St Albans - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213011334/st-albans-north/topic/family-households