2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Flinders · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Flinders
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in Flinders, with the typical household size edging down from 2.6 to 2.4 people since 2011. This shift comes as the number of people living alone has risen to 23%. Most homes are now occupied by couples, with half the families here raising children.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Flinders — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.4 people live in each home, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 45.1%, while 23% of people live alone, a figure slightly below the state average.
23.0% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Flinders, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.5% of families, while 41.5% are couples without children. One-parent families account for only 7.3%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
7.3% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Flinders, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/214021378/flinders/topic/family-households