3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Athlone · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Athlone
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Athlone than in the rest of Australia, with only 10.6% of households being single-person homes. This makes it a place where larger living arrangements are the norm, with the typical home holding 3.0 people.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Athlone — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, as the typical household has 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the mix, with 12.8% of homes housing six or more people.
10.6% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Athlone, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 62.2%. One-parent families account for 13.4%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Victorian average.
13.4% ▼ -47.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Athlone, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; 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 Athlone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20081/athlone/topic/family-households