2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Prospect Vale - Blackstone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Prospect Vale - Blackstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the families in Prospect Vale - Blackstone consist of couples with children. This is the most common home type in the area, though a rising number of people now live on their own.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Prospect Vale - Blackstone — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure and has risen since 2011. Consequently, the typical home is slightly smaller than the Australian average, with 2.3 people per dwelling.
29.9% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Prospect Vale - Blackstone, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.7% of families, while 33% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.7%, a figure that is about the same as the national average and has risen slightly since 2011.
13.7% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Prospect Vale - Blackstone, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; 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 Prospect Vale - Blackstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011044/prospect-vale-blackstone/topic/family-households