2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5
- 2021: 2.1
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.
Small household sizes are a hallmark of daily life in Big Hill, where homes typically hold only 2.1 people. This is much lower than most similar areas, with far more one-parent families than the state average.
2.1
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- 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 — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With only 2.1 people per home, households in Big Hill are a little smaller than the typical Victorian or Australian home, which usually holds 2.5 people.
Household size
View on map →In Big Hill, 2 people is the majority at 70%; 3 people is next at 30%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 28.6% of the community, a figure far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Most families here are couples, with 61.9% having no children and 52.4% having children.
28.6% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Big Hill, the largest group is Couples without children at 43%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (20%).
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/SAL20236/big-hill/topic/family-households