2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Altona · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Altona
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher-than-usual share of people living alone has shaped the home lives of Altona over the last decade. This trend has contributed to a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the state, with 32% of homes now occupied by just one person.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Altona — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Altona are smaller than most areas, with a typical size of 2.3 people. This is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures of 2.5, reflecting the fact that 32% of residents live alone—a rate well above the national average.
32.0% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Altona splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.7% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
12.7% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Altona, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Altona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20035/altona/topic/family-households