2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alexandra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alexandra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living set Alexandra apart from similar areas. The typical home here is smaller than average, with only 2.1 people per household. This is driven by the fact that over a third of residents live alone.
2.1
▼ -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 Alexandra — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 37.6% of people here live alone, which is far above the Victorian and national figures of around 26%. Consequently, the typical home holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the national average of 2.5.
37.6% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Alexandra splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of families are couples with children, while 37.2% are couples without. One-parent families make up 14.6% of the total, which is higher than most areas and a little above the state average.
14.6% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alexandra, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Alexandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20022/alexandra/topic/family-households