2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alberton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alberton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home than in previous years, making Alberton a place where smaller households are now more common. The typical home holds 2.3 people, which is lower than most similar areas.
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 Alberton — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 27% of people live alone, a figure that is higher than most areas and a little above the national average. Two-person households are the most common, making up 41.5% of all homes.
26.8% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alberton, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.2% of families, while those without children account for 43.7%. One-parent families represent 10.1% of the total, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
10.1% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Alberton splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Alberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20019/alberton/topic/family-households