2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blowhard · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blowhard
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of people live alone in Blowhard, which is far above the national figure. This high number of single-person households means the area has a much smaller typical home size than most other places. It is a community where small households are the norm.
2.0
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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 Blowhard — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Blowhard holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the Victorian and Australian figures of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 39.4% of residents live alone, a rate among the highest for similar areas.
39.4% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Blowhard splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of families are couples without children, while 43.4% are couples with children. One-parent families make up 15.1% of the total, which is a little above the figure for Victoria.
15.1% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blowhard, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Blowhard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20261/blowhard/topic/family-households