2.8 ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Delahey · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Delahey
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of one-parent families than the national average defines Delahey, where 19.2% of families fit this profile. This trend contributes to larger households, with the typical home holding more people than those in the rest of Victoria.
2.8
▼ -9.7%
- 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 Delahey — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 21.4% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
21.4% ▲ +39.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Delahey, the largest group is 2 people at 27%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 60.2% of the area. The proportion of one-parent families is 19.2%, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
19.2% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Delahey, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Delahey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20731/delahey/topic/family-households