2.8 ▲ +33.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Big Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Big Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 70% of families in Big Hill are couples with children, making it a place where family life is very prominent. This focus on families is reflected in the larger-than-average home sizes, with the typical household hosting 2.8 people.
2.8
▲ +33.3%
- 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 Big Hill — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, as the typical household has 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is seen in the low number of people living alone, at 19.8%, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
19.8% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Big Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 70.9% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 9.7%, a figure that is well below both the Victorian (13.3%) and Australian (14.1%) averages.
9.7% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Big Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Big Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20235/big-hill/topic/family-households