2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boorolite · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boorolite
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 3.9% of families in Boorolite are one-parent households, a figure far below the national average. This is a place where larger home sizes are common and single-person living is much less frequent than in other areas.
2.6
—
- 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 Boorolite — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Boorolite holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 20.4% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
20.4% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boorolite, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 5 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples, with 57% having children and 35.2% without. The proportion of one-parent families is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 3.9% compared to 14.1% across Australia.
3.9% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boorolite, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Boorolite
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Boorolite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20298/boorolite/topic/family-households