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.
Frankston · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Frankston
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Frankston are couples with children. This makes it a significant hub for family life, though there is a notably high number of single-parent households compared to the rest of the country.
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 Frankston — higher than 57% of areas.
| Frankston | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Frankston hold 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Single-person households make up 27.7% of the area, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
27.7% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Frankston splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.7% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than in most similar areas. Other family types include couples without children, who account for 24.3%.
17.7% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Frankston, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Frankston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21401/frankston/topic/family-households