2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alvie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alvie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 40% of people in Alvie live alone, which is far above the national figure. This makes it an area where single-person households are very common compared to most of the country. While typical home sizes remain similar to the rest of Victoria, there is a high proportion of one-parent families.
2.4
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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 Alvie — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, with 40.4% of people living alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Despite this, the typical number of people per home is 2.4, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
40.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alvie, the largest group is 1 person at 35%, followed by 2 people (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.5% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. Most other families are couples with children, who account for 69.3% of the total.
20.5% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alvie, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; One-parent families is next at 19%.
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 Alvie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20038/alvie/topic/family-households