3.6 —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Derrimut · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Derrimut
How families and households are made up across the area.
Derrimut has some of the largest households in the region, with 3.6 people living in the typical home. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, marking the area as a place where large family groups are the norm.
3.6
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- 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 Derrimut — higher than 99% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much more crowded than usual, with 29.6% housing four people and another 24.1% holding five or more. This helps explain why only 9.1% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
9.1% —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Derrimut, the largest group is 4 people at 30%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 2 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 75.7%. One-parent families account for 12.8%, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
12.8% —
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Derrimut, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; One-parent families is next at 13%.
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 Derrimut [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213011570/derrimut/topic/family-households