2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Typical household patterns in Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton align closely with state and national figures. Most residents live in small groups, with a notable 53.9% of families consisting of couples with children. This balance of family types and household sizes has remained steady over the last decade.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton — lower than 71% of areas.
| Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home here holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. This hasn't changed since 2011, and about 27.4% of people live alone, which is a little above the national average.
27.4% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.7% of the total, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and fell slightly since 2011. Most families are couples, with 53.9% having children and 33.6% without.
11.7% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Heathcote - Castlemaine - Kyneton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20202/heathcote-castlemaine-kyneton/topic/family-households