2.0 ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cressy · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cressy
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty per cent of homes in Cressy are occupied by just one person, making it an area with a very high proportion of single-person households. This trend means the typical home holds only two people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Cressy — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 40.7% of households, a figure far above the 25.9% seen across Victoria. This high number of single-person homes explains why the typical household size is much lower than in most other areas.
40.7% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Cressy, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (37%) and 3 people (5%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, accounting for 16.7% of families. This is well above the Victorian average of 13.3%, while couples with children make up 48.4% of the total.
16.7% ▲ +30.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cressy, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (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 Cressy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20671/cressy/topic/family-households