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.
Latrobe · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Latrobe
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Latrobe than in most similar areas. While nearly half of families include children, the typical home is smaller than the national figure, with a growing number of single-person households.
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 Latrobe — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 29% of people here live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. This contributes to a smaller typical home size of 2.3 people, a figure that has edged down since 2011.
29.0% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Latrobe, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of the families in Latrobe are couples with children, while 15.1% are one-parent families. This share of single-parent homes is higher than in most similar areas, though it has fallen since 2011.
15.1% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Latrobe, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Latrobe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/604021087/latrobe/topic/family-households