2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Flagstaff · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Flagstaff
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Flagstaff than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, over a third of households are single-person dwellings. This high number of solo residents makes the area stand out compared to both Victoria and the national average.
2.4
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- 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 Flagstaff — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 36.1% of people here live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. Two-person homes are the most common at 44.4%, which keeps the typical household size at 2.4 people, nearly the same as the Victorian figure.
36.1% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Flagstaff, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (36%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 42.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.7% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.7% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Flagstaff, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Flagstaff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20927/flagstaff/topic/family-households