3.1 ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cranbourne West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cranbourne West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Cranbourne West has some of the largest households in the region. This area is defined by a very high proportion of families with children, which means far fewer people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
3.1
▲ +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 West — higher than 88% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With a typical 3.1 people per home, this area is a little above the Victorian and Australian figures of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 15% of people live alone, which is far below the national average of 25.6%.
15.0% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cranbourne West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 4 people (22%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of households at 69.6%. One-parent families account for 13.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas and about the same as the state average.
13.6% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cranbourne West, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20666/cranbourne-west/topic/family-households