2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Drouin West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Drouin West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 18.8% of people live alone in Drouin West, which is well below the national figure. This makes it an area where residents are much more likely to live with others than in most other parts of the country. Most homes here are headed by couples, with many raising children.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 West — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Drouin West holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the household mix, as 37.6% of homes house two people and 18.0% hold four.
18.8% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Drouin West, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 56.9%. Only 8.4% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national averages.
8.4% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Drouin West, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20793/drouin-west/topic/family-households