2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hobsons Bay · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Hobsons Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
A slight rise in the number of people living alone is the main shift for Hobsons Bay since 2011. Most homes here are family-based, with 61.1% being couples with children. The area maintains a steady household size that mirrors both state and national patterns.
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 Hobsons Bay — higher than 57% of areas.
| Hobsons Bay | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.5 people live in the typical home, which is higher than most similar areas and has barely changed over the last decade. Single-person households make up 26.2% of the total, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
26.2% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hobsons Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 61.1%, while one-parent families make up 13.2%. This share of single-parent homes is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
13.2% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hobsons Bay, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; 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 Hobsons Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21302/hobsons-bay/topic/family-households