2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blackwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blackwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking 41% of people in Blackwood live alone, which is far higher than the national figure. This trend makes the area feel much quieter, with small household sizes and a high proportion of single-person homes compared to most other regions.
2.0
→ 0.0%
- 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 Blackwood — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much smaller than typical, with only 2.0 people per house compared to 2.5 across Australia. This is driven by the fact that 41% of households consist of just one person, a figure that is far above the Victorian average of 25.9%.
41.0% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blackwood, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.1% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a much higher proportion than seen in most similar areas, while couples with children account for 44.6% of families.
21.1% ▲ +114.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blackwood, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Blackwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20256/blackwood/topic/family-households