Caveat · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Caveat

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than a third of households in Caveat are made up of a single person, which is far higher than the national figure. This creates a very small average household size, with only 1.9 people per home. It is a place where small households and couples without children are the most common living arrangements.

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Where Caveat sits — Average household size

1.9
  • 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 Caveat — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Caveat1.9
3660, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 37.9% of people living alone, this figure is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Consequently, the typical home in Caveat holds just 1.9 people, which is well below the Victorian and national average of 2.5.

1.9

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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Caveat splits fairly evenly between 1 person (50%) and 2 people (50%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families are completely absent here, a figure far below the 14.1% national average. Most families are couples, with those without children making up the largest group at 62.5%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Caveat, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 47%.

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 Caveat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20525/caveat/topic/family-households