2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Arnaud · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in St Arnaud
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in St Arnaud compared to the rest of the state. This trend toward smaller households means the typical home here has just 2.1 people, which is much lower than in most other similar areas.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 St Arnaud — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 38% of households consisting of one person—a figure that has risen by 7.4 percentage points since 2011. Because of this, the typical home holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5.
38.0% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →St Arnaud splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (36%), with 4 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.9% of families, while those without children account for 36.3%. One-parent families represent 13.3% of the total, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
13.3% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Arnaud, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 St Arnaud [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011391/st-arnaud/topic/family-households