Apsley · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Apsley

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 40% of homes in Apsley are occupied by a single person, making it a place where living alone is far more common than in most areas. Small household sizes define the local landscape, with a typical home housing only 2.1 people.

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Where Apsley sits — Average household size

2.1 → 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 Apsley — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Apsley2.1
3319, VIC 2.1
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is very common here, with 38.2% of households consisting of one person, which is far above the 25.6% national figure. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.1 people, a figure a little below the Australian average of 2.5.

2.1 → 0.0%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

38.2% ▲ +16.3%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 32.9%
  • 2016: 38.3%
  • 2021: 38.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Apsley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (39%), with 3 people at 12%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 46.7% of families, while those without children account for 42.9%. One-parent families are less common here at 7.5%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

7.5% ▼ -30.0%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.8%
  • 2016: 8.5%
  • 2021: 7.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Apsley splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 8%.

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 Apsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20052/apsley/topic/family-households