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.
Stawell · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Stawell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Stawell than in most similar areas. This has led to smaller households, with the typical home now holding just 2.2 people.
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 Stawell — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 34% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has grown since 2011 and helps explain why the typical home size in Stawell is a little below the Victorian average.
34.0% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Stawell splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.1% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.4%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.4% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stawell, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (37%) 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 Stawell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011392/stawell/topic/family-households