2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Avalon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Avalon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and more children than usual define daily life in Avalon. It is an area where families are the norm, with the typical home holding nearly three people.
2.9
—
- 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 Avalon — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Avalon holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Around 23.3% of households consist of one person, a rate a little below the Victorian average.
23.3% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Avalon splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 1 person (21%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 72% of households. Only 6.5% of families are one-parent households, which is well below both the state and national figures.
6.5% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Avalon, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Avalon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20085/avalon/topic/family-households