1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stonnington - West · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Stonnington - West
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people living alone has shifted the household landscape in Stonnington - West since 2011. This is now a place of small households, where the typical home contains just 1.9 people, a figure well below the national average of 2.5.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Stonnington - West — lower than 99% of areas.
| Stonnington - West | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost 44.2% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has risen by 6.5 percentage points since 2011, contributing to the area having some of the lowest people-per-home rates in the region.
44.2% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Stonnington - West, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (37%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 46.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.4% of the total, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.4% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stonnington - West, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Stonnington - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20606/stonnington-west/topic/family-households