2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cape Schanck · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cape Schanck
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer single-parent families live in Cape Schanck than in the rest of the country, where the local rate of 5.8% is well below the national figure. Most homes here are occupied by couples, creating a community profile that differs significantly from the Victorian average.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Cape Schanck — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 20.8% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian and Australian figures. With 51.7% of homes containing two people, the typical household size of 2.4 people is about the same as the national average.
20.8% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cape Schanck, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.8% of families, while those without children account for 45.1%. This strong presence of couples helps explain why one-parent families are much lower here than in most other areas.
5.8% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Cape Schanck splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 Cape Schanck [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20474/cape-schanck/topic/family-households