3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Croxton East · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are the norm for Croxton East, where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is a little above the national figure and is much higher than most similar areas. The community is almost entirely made up of families, with no one living alone recorded in the latest census.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Croxton East — higher than 86% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 40.9% of households containing four people. This helps explain why the 0.0% of people living alone is far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Croxton East, the largest group is 4 people at 45%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (20%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is centered on couples, with 75% of families having children. This is consistent with the area having far fewer one-parent families (0.0%) than the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Croxton East, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Croxton East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20681/croxton-east/topic/family-households