Croxton East · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Croxton East

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.

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📍 Croxton East, Suburb / Locality

Where Croxton East sits — Average household size

3.0
  • 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 Croxton East — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Croxton East3.0
3301, VIC 2.5
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.6%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Croxton East, the largest group is 4 people at 45%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (20%).

Families

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.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Croxton East, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 24%.

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 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