2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Virginia · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Virginia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Virginia, where 56.5% of families consist of couples with children. This focus on family life is reflected in the low number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country. Most homes here are bustling hubs for families rather than single-person residences.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Virginia — higher than 71% of areas.
| Virginia | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 0834, NT | 2.9 |
| Northern Territory | 2.8 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.7 people live in each home, which is higher than most areas. While the proportion of people living alone has risen to 21.5% since 2011, this figure remains well below the national average of 25.6%.
21.5% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Virginia, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of all families are couples with children, while 28.9% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 13.4% of the total, a figure that is well below the Northern Territory average of 17.5%.
13.4% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Virginia, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Virginia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701031034/virginia/topic/family-households