3.6 ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.6
- 2021: 3.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Derrimut · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Derrimut
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family sizes have grown significantly in Derrimut, where the typical home now holds 3.6 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5. The area is dominated by large households, with very few people living by themselves compared to the rest of the country.
3.6
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Derrimut — higher than 96% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 29.6% of households containing four people and 10.3% holding six or more. Only 9.1% of people live alone, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
9.1% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Derrimut, the largest group is 4 people at 30%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 2 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 75.6%. One-parent families account for 12.7%, a figure that is higher than most areas and about the same as the state average.
12.7% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Derrimut, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; One-parent families is next at 13%.
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 Derrimut [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20743/derrimut/topic/family-households