2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boorhaman · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boorhaman
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger-than-average households are a common feature in Boorhaman, where 2.7 people typically live in each home. While many homes house several people, the area also has a notably high number of people living on their own.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Boorhaman — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30.6% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical household size is slightly higher than the Victorian average of 2.5 people.
30.6% ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Boorhaman splits fairly evenly between 1 person (28%) and 2 people (28%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 62.4% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 6.8% of the total, a figure well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
6.8% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boorhaman, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Boorhaman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20295/boorhaman/topic/family-households