2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sunshine · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Sunshine
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Sunshine, where 2.6 people typically live in each home. This community sees a high proportion of families, particularly one-parent households, which are far more common here than in other parts of the state.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Sunshine — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure. While 25.5% of residents live alone, the most common household size is two people, making up 29.8% of the total.
25.5% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sunshine splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (26%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.0% of the total, a figure well above both the Victorian and Australian averages. Couples with children are the largest group at 55.7%, while couples without children account for 23.4%.
18.0% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sunshine, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Sunshine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213011336/sunshine/topic/family-households