2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Laverton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Laverton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share each home in Laverton than in most similar areas. This is a place where large households are the norm, with the typical home holding 2.8 people. This trend has edged up since 2011, reflecting a community where fewer people live by themselves.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Laverton — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The number of people living alone has fallen to 19.8%, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. Most homes are shared, with 28.2% of households holding two people and 18.2% holding four.
19.8% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Laverton, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 63.8%. One-parent families account for 12.6% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state average but has fallen sharply since 2011.
12.6% ▼ -40.8%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Laverton, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Laverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051363/laverton/topic/family-households