2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Swan Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Swan Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Swan Hill are couples with children. This makes them the most common household type in the area, though a high number of people living alone also shapes the local community.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Swan Hill — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Swan Hill are smaller than most, with 2.3 people per household. This is partly because 30.6% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Victorian average of 25.9%.
30.6% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Swan Hill splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.5% of the total, which is well above the state average and has risen slightly since 2011. Other family types include couples without children at 30.3%.
16.5% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Swan Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215031404/swan-hill/topic/family-households