2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
California Gully · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in California Gully
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person living has become more common in California Gully, where 34.4% of households now consist of one person. This is well above the national figure and highlights a shift toward smaller living arrangements in the area.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 California Gully — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than in most areas, with just 2.3 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 34.4% of people live alone, which is much higher than in most other areas.
34.4% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →California Gully splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 29.2% of the total, a figure that is far above the Victorian average of 13.3%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 42.9%.
29.2% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In California Gully, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by One-parent families (29%) and Couples without children (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 California Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20444/california-gully/topic/family-households