2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ascot Vale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ascot Vale
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Ascot Vale than in most other similar areas. While household sizes have stayed steady since 2011, nearly 29% of homes are now occupied by a single person. This reflects a shift toward smaller living arrangements in the suburb.
2.4
→ 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 Ascot Vale — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Ascot Vale has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 32.6%, followed by single-person homes at 28.8%, which is well above the Australian average.
28.8% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ascot Vale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 60.4% of the total. One-parent families account for 11.7% of the mix, a figure that is a little below both the Victorian and national averages.
11.7% ▼ -19.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ascot Vale, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20075/ascot-vale/topic/family-households