2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Arnold · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Arnold
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Arnold compared to the rest of the state. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, the area is marked by a significant gap in family structures, with far fewer single-parent homes than the national average.
2.5
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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 Arnold — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
One third of all homes in Arnold are occupied by a person living alone, which is well above the Victoria figure of 25.9%. Household sizes are split evenly, with 33.3% of homes holding one person and another 33.3% holding two.
33.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Arnold splits fairly evenly between 1 person (42%) and 2 people (42%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life here is dominated by couples, with 63% having children and 32.6% without. Only 6.5% of families are one-parent households, a figure well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
6.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Arnold, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Arnold [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20069/arnold/topic/family-households