2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Deans Marsh · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Deans Marsh
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift in family structures has seen one-parent households become much more common in Deans Marsh since 2011. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, the community now has a notably higher proportion of single parents compared to the rest of the state.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Deans Marsh — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, with only 18.4% of households being single-person homes, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes hold two people, accounting for 44% of all households.
18.4% ▲ +19.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Deans Marsh, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.4% of the total, a figure that is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Couples with children are the most common family type at 48.1%.
17.4% ▲ +22.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Deans Marsh, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Deans Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20723/deans-marsh/topic/family-households