2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Durham Ox · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Durham Ox are couples with children, making them the most common household type. The area is sparsely populated, with a typical home holding 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Durham Ox — lower than 71% of areas.
Average household size.
Just 13.3% of people live alone, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.9%. Most homes are small, with 46.7% of households containing two people.
2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
13.3% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Durham Ox, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 3 people is next at 19%.
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are completely absent at 0.0%, a figure far below the 14.1% national average. Outside of parents with children, 35.8% of families are couples without children.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Durham Ox, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Durham Ox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20817/durham-ox/topic/family-households