2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Adams Estate · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Adams Estate
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are a defining feature of Adams Estate, where nearly three people live in the typical house. This is much higher than most similar areas, creating a local environment where few people live on their own.
2.8
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- 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 Adams Estate — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.8 people per home, household size is a little above the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. Only 18.5% of residents live alone, which is well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
18.5% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Adams Estate, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 3 people (26%) and 5 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of all families are couples with children, which helps explain the larger household sizes. One-parent families make up 10.3% of the total, a figure well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.3% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Adams Estate, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Adams Estate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20007/adams-estate/topic/family-households