2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hume · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Hume
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in Hume since 2011, contributing to a trend of smaller homes. This area now sees 29.5% of households consisting of just one person, which is well above the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 18 areas
- 2.4: 20 areas
- 2.5: 18 areas
- 2.6: 11 areas
- 2.7: 7 areas
- 2.8: 5 areas
- 2.9: 4 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 3 areas
- 3.2: 1 area
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Hume — lower than 86% of areas.
| Hume | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 29.5% of people living alone, the number of residents per home is 2.3, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 37.8%.
29.5% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 77% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hume, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families are couples with children, while 33.6% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 14.4% of the total, which is a little above the Victorian average.
14.4% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 51% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hume, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/204/hume/topic/family-households