2.5 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Williamstown · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Williamstown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Williamstown have remained remarkably steady since 2011. The area is mostly made up of families, with 64.3% of households being couples with children. It is also notable for having a much lower rate of one-parent families than most other areas.
2.5
→ 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 Williamstown — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. About 26.7% of people live alone, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.
26.7% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Williamstown splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (27%), with 4 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 10.3% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples with children, who account for 64.3% of the total.
10.3% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Williamstown, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Williamstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213021346/williamstown/topic/family-households