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.
Hamilton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Hamilton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of all homes in Hamilton are occupied by just one person. This makes the area feel less crowded than most, with the typical household size now sitting at 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 Hamilton — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are far more common here than in the rest of Australia, making up 35.7% of all households. This high number of people living alone helps explain why the typical home has fewer people than the Victorian average.
35.7% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hamilton splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families in Hamilton are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 15.0% of the total. This share of single-parent homes is higher than most areas and has risen since 2011.
15.0% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hamilton, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; 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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/217011421/hamilton/topic/family-households