2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Devenish · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Devenish
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people live alone in Devenish, a figure well above the national average. This means the area has a higher proportion of single-person households than most other similar places. Small households are the norm here, with typical homes holding fewer people than those across Victoria.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Devenish — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 31.6% of people living alone, this is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Devenish holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
31.6% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Devenish, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 4.7% of the population, which is well below the 14.1% national figure. Most families here are couples, with 55.3% having children and 40.7% without.
4.7% ▼ -59.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Devenish, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Devenish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20746/devenish/topic/family-households