2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Castella · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Castella
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 61.3% of the local group, the largest family type in Castella. This is a community where larger households are common and people living alone are much less frequent than in the rest of the state.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Castella — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Castella holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 20.9% of people live alone, a figure well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
20.9% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Castella, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 1 person (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 14.6% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the state figure of 13.3%.
14.6% ▲ +78.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Castella, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Castella
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Castella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20512/castella/topic/family-households