2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ararat · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ararat
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in Ararat are couples with children, making this the most common home type. While families are frequent, the area also has a high number of people living on their own. This mix creates a diverse residential landscape where small and large households coexist.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Ararat — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, with 34.1% of people living alone, which is well above the Victorian and national figures. Because of this, the typical home in Ararat has 2.2 people, a little below the national figure of 2.5.
34.1% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ararat splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.7% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. Other family types include couples without children, who represent 34.1% of families in the area.
18.7% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ararat, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (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 Ararat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20053/ararat/topic/family-households