2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Deep Lead · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Deep Lead stands out for having a higher share of people living alone than most similar areas. While the typical household size is about the same as the national figure, over half of all families here are couples with children.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Deep Lead — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
About 28.4% of people live alone, which is a little above the Victorian and national figures. Most homes contain two people (49.4%), and the overall household size of 2.4 people is around the middle for its level.
2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
28.4% ▲ +135.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Deep Lead, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (14%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.4% of the total, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type at 50.3%, followed by couples without children at 40.1%.
8.4% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Deep Lead, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Deep Lead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20727/deep-lead/topic/family-households