2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boronia · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Boronia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person living and one-parent families are more common in Boronia than in most other areas. While typical home sizes align with the national figure, a notable number of people here live alone. This mix of household types reflects a community with a diverse range of family structures.
2.4
→ 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 Boronia — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.3% of people here live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as across Victoria and Australia.
28.3% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boronia, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.4% of the local total, a figure that is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Couples with children are the most common group, accounting for 55.3% of families.
16.4% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boronia, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Boronia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20304/boronia/topic/family-households