2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Numurkah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Numurkah
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Numurkah than in 2011, with 29.6% of households now consisting of just one person. This shift has helped pull the typical household size down slightly to 2.4 people. The area sees a higher proportion of single-person homes compared to both Victoria and the national average.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Numurkah — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 29.6% of people in Numurkah live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Two-person households are the most common, making up 37.5% of all homes.
29.6% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Numurkah, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families have increased to 14.7% since 2011, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Victorian average. Over half of all families here are couples with children.
14.7% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Numurkah, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Numurkah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/216021413/numurkah/topic/family-households