2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ascot · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ascot
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Ascot compared to the state average, with only 15.8% of households consisting of one person. This trend means the area has larger homes, with a typical household of 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Ascot — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 2.8 people per household. This is consistent with the low number of people living alone, as 37.3% of households consist of two people and 18.8% have four.
15.8% ▲ +39.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ascot, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.8%. One-parent families account for 14.9% of the total, which is a little above the Victorian average.
14.9% ▲ +38.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ascot, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Ascot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20074/ascot/topic/family-households