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Family & Households in Aintree

How families and households are made up across the area.

Aintree has seen a shift toward larger home sizes since 2011, creating a community where few people live alone. The area is now defined by large households, with the typical home holding 3.6 people—well above the national figure of 2.5.

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Where Aintree sits — Average household size

3.6 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Aintree — higher than 96% of areas.

Aintree3.6
3336, VIC 3.4
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 7.3% of people live alone, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This explains why households are so large here, with 30.7% of homes holding four people and another 13% holding five.

Household size

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In Aintree, the largest group is 4 people at 31%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 2 people (18%).

4 people 30.7% 3 people 22.6% 2 people 17.5% 5 people 13.0% 6 or more 8.5% 1 person 7.3%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 79.3% of families in Aintree. One-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, accounting for just 7.4% compared to the national figure of 14.1%.

Family composition

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In Aintree, Couples with children is the majority at 79%; Couples without children is next at 13%.

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 Aintree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20011/aintree/topic/family-households