2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sydenham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Sydenham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than the state average define Sydenham, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a family-heavy area with a very low number of people living alone compared to the rest of Victoria and Australia.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Sydenham — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with 2.8 people per household, though this is slightly lower than the 3.0 recorded in 2011. Only 19.8% of residents live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
19.8% ▲ +22.8%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sydenham, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 63.2%. One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, accounting for 16.8% of families, which is well above the state average of 13.3%.
16.8% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sydenham, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Sydenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213011339/sydenham/topic/family-households