2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ararat · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Ararat
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in Ararat are occupied by people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person households means the typical home here is smaller than in most other areas. Family structures also differ from the state average, with a notably higher proportion of one-parent families.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Ararat — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Ararat holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures. This low number is driven by the 34.1% of people living alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is much higher than in most other areas.
34.1% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ararat splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.7% of the local total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has grown by 2.4 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children represent the largest family group at 45.5%.
18.7% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ararat, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Ararat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011386/ararat/topic/family-households