2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Crossley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Crossley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Crossley than in the rest of Victoria. This community is mostly made up of families, with more than half of all households including children.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Crossley — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly larger than the national figure, with 2.6 people per household. While 42.9% of homes house two people, those living alone make up 21.4%, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
21.4% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Crossley, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common here, making up 56.5% of all households. Only 4.5% of families are headed by a single parent, a figure that is much lower than both the state and national averages.
4.5% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Crossley, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Crossley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20678/crossley/topic/family-households