2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Diamond Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Diamond Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Diamond Creek than in most other areas. This trend is seen in the high number of larger households, with a typical home holding 2.9 people.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Diamond Creek — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 14.6%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
14.6% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Diamond Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 69.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.3%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.3% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Diamond Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; 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 Diamond Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20752/diamond-creek/topic/family-households