2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cranbourne South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cranbourne South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger-than-average households are a mainstay of daily life in Cranbourne South, where the typical home holds nearly three people. This is a family-heavy area where very few residents live on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Cranbourne South — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People per home is 2.9, which is much higher than in most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 13.1%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.1% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cranbourne South, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest share of the area at 64.7%. One-parent families account for 8.7% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages.
8.7% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cranbourne South, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Cranbourne South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20665/cranbourne-south/topic/family-households