2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Altona · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Altona
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Altona than in other parts of the state. This trend helps explain why the typical home here holds only 2.3 people, which is lower than the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. Overall, the area is defined by a high proportion of small households.
2.3
→ 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 Altona — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30.6% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6% that has risen slightly since 2011. Small households are common, with 34.5% of homes holding two people and 30.6% holding just one.
30.6% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Altona splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 56.8%, while 29.5% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 12.5% of the total, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
12.5% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Altona, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Altona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213021341/altona/topic/family-households