2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Denver · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Denver
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Denver than in most similar areas, making it a place where shared households are more common. The area is mostly made up of couples, with nearly half of all households consisting of two people.
2.2
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- 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 Denver — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Denver holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the state and national figures of 2.5. Only 20.3% of residents live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
20.3% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Denver, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.8% of the community, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Victorian rate of 13.3%. This sits alongside a high proportion of couples, with 45.1% being couples without children and 44.2% with children.
16.8% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Denver splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Denver [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20738/denver/topic/family-households