2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Black Range · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Black Range than in most similar areas, creating a community where most households are shared. With a typical home holding 2.6 people, the area has a higher density of multi-person households compared to much of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Black Range — higher than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
Only 15.3% of people live alone, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This is reflected in the household mix, where 44.4% of homes are shared by two people.
2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
15.3% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Black Range, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 4 people (16%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families are couples with children (46.5%), while 40.9% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 13.8% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
13.8% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Black Range, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (14%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Black Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20250/black-range/topic/family-households