2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sunshine North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Sunshine North
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share their homes in Sunshine North than in most other areas, with an average of 2.9 people per dwelling. This reflects a community where few people live alone and a large number of households are led by single parents.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 North — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Just 22.2% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This helps explain why home sizes are much higher than most areas, with 26.2% of households containing two people and 18.2% containing four.
22.2% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sunshine North splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 1 person (22%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.1% of the total, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This is a steady trend for the area, as the proportion of one-parent families has barely changed since 2011.
21.1% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sunshine North, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; One-parent families 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 Sunshine North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213011337/sunshine-north/topic/family-households