2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Drouin South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Drouin South
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher-than-average share of single-person homes has shaped the recent makeup of Drouin South. While typical home sizes mirror state and national figures, the area is now defined by a mix of traditional family units and a growing number of people living on their own.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Drouin South — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.7% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 39.5% of all households.
28.7% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Drouin South, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children (60.4%), while one-parent families make up only 6.7% of the total. This is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
6.7% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Drouin South, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Drouin South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20792/drouin-south/topic/family-households