2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Footscray - Tottenham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in West Footscray - Tottenham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 29% of people in West Footscray - Tottenham live alone, a figure well above the national average. This high number of single-person homes is a key feature of the area's housing landscape. Overall, the typical household size remains steady and aligns with state and national trends.
2.4
→ 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 West Footscray - Tottenham — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
One in three homes here has just two people, while 29% are single-person households. With 2.4 people per home, the area is about the same as the Victoria and Australia averages, and this has barely changed since 2011.
29.0% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Footscray - Tottenham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.8% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 12.8%, which is a little below the Australian figure and has fallen by 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
12.8% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Footscray - Tottenham, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 West Footscray - Tottenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213031351/west-footscray-tottenham/topic/family-households