2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Creswick · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Creswick
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Creswick live by themselves, a figure well above the national average. This creates a distinct living pattern where small households are the norm, and the typical home holds just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Creswick — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 34.4% of households, which is much higher than most areas. This helps explain why the typical home size is a little below the Victorian figure of 2.5 people.
34.4% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Creswick splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About half of all families here are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 14.9%. This last group is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian average.
14.9% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Creswick, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Creswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20672/creswick/topic/family-households