2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ashwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ashwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 60% of families in Ashwood have children, making it a strong hub for parents. The area is largely residential with a mix of family homes and a high number of people living on their own.
2.5
→ 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 Ashwood — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Roughly 27.8% of households consist of one person, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 25.6%. On average, there are 2.5 people per home, matching the state and national typicals.
27.8% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ashwood splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
14.6% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ashwood, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Ashwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20078/ashwood/topic/family-households