2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Footscray · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Footscray
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 38% of people in Footscray live alone, which is among the highest rates for any similar area. This makes it a place of small households, where the typical home holds just two people. The trend towards smaller living arrangements has grown steadily over the last decade.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Footscray — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here at 37.6%, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Footscray holds only 2.1 people, which is lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
37.6% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Footscray splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 42.9% of families, while those without children account for 39.3%. One-parent families make up 14.2% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas but remains about the same as the state and national figures.
14.2% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Footscray splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Footscray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213031348/footscray/topic/family-households