3.2 ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Casey - South · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Casey - South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become more common in Casey - South since 2011, with the typical home now holding 3.2 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting an area dominated by larger family groups rather than people living on their own.
3.2
▲ +3.2%
- 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 Casey - South — higher than 99% of areas.
| Casey - South | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The area has one of the highest densities of people per home for its size, with 3.2 people per household. This helps explain why only 14.1% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% national average.
14.1% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Casey - South splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 4 people (23%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 70.8% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.3%, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
12.3% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Casey - South, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Casey - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21203/casey-south/topic/family-households