2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Arawata · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Arawata
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Arawata are made up of people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area feel much smaller in scale, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people.
2.2
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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 Arawata — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 34.1% of residents live by themselves, a rate much higher than most similar areas. Consequently, the typical home is smaller than the Victorian and national average of 2.5 people, with nearly half of all households consisting of just two people.
34.1% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Arawata, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 36%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 49.3%, while couples with children account for 41.8%. Notably, there are no one-parent families in the area, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Arawata, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 46%.
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 Arawata [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20054/arawata/topic/family-households