2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Acheron · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Acheron
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all homes in Acheron house just two people, reflecting a small community with a strong trend toward couple-based households. This rural area is less crowded than most of the country, with a typical household size that is a little below the national figure.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Acheron — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The usual home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. About 24.2% of people live alone, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas.
24.2% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Acheron, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 1 person is next at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the majority of families at 55.6%. Only 7.4% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
7.4% ▲ +23.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Acheron, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 38%.
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 Acheron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20005/acheron/topic/family-households