2.6 —
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Werribee - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Werribee - East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger than usual home sizes define daily life in Werribee - East, where households are typically bigger than in most other similar areas. One in five families here are led by a single parent, a rate well above the national figure.
2.6
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- 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 Werribee - East — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas, though this figure has edged down since 2016. Those living alone make up 27% of households, a figure that has risen by 3.1 points over the last five years.
27.0% —
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Werribee - East splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 57.4%.
20.0% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Werribee - East, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Werribee - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051467/werribee-east/topic/family-households