2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glen Eira · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Glen Eira
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Glen Eira have remained remarkably steady since 2011. The area is mostly made up of families with children, though it also has a high number of people living on their own. These trends have barely shifted over the last decade, keeping the community's structure very consistent.
2.5
→ 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 Glen Eira — higher than 57% of areas.
| Glen Eira | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure. While this is higher than most areas, the typical home still houses 2.5 people, a figure that has not changed since 2011.
28.0% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Glen Eira splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (28%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 62.8%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, sitting at 10.5%, which is well below the Australian average.
10.5% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glen Eira, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Glen Eira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20802/glen-eira/topic/family-households