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.
Nhill Region · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Nhill Region
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in the Nhill Region than in most similar areas. This trend is a key part of the local picture, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
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 Nhill Region — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common here, with 33.2% of households consisting of one person—well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This shift has grown since 2011 and helps explain why the average home size has edged down to 2.2 people.
33.2% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nhill Region, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of the local families are couples with children, while 37.5% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 10.8% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
10.8% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nhill Region, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Nhill Region [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011390/nhill-region/topic/family-households