2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Knox · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Knox
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than a quarter of residents live alone in Knox, a figure well below both the state and national averages. This creates a community where most people live in shared households, with the typical home holding 2.7 people. It is a place where family-based living is the dominant pattern.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Knox — higher than 79% of areas.
| Knox | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Knox typically hold more people than in most other areas. While 32% of households consist of two people, only 21.2% of residents live alone, which is much lower than the national figure.
21.2% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Knox, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 62.5% of families. One-parent families account for 12.8% of the total, a rate that is lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2011.
12.8% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Knox, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Knox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21101/knox/topic/family-households