2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Point Nepean · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Point Nepean
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are far more common in Point Nepean than in most similar areas. The area is defined by a high number of people living alone and a typical home size of just 2.2 people, which is lower than the national figure.
2.2
→ 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 Point Nepean — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of people live alone, a figure well above the Victorian and national averages. Two-person homes are the most common at 42.1%, while the typical household size has barely changed since 2011.
30.0% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Point Nepean, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.4% of families, followed closely by couples without children at 41.6%. One-parent families account for 12.3%, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
12.3% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Point Nepean splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Point Nepean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/214021383/point-nepean/topic/family-households