2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Flinders · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Flinders
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in Flinders than in previous years, reflecting a shift toward smaller households. Small groups and single occupants now make up a larger share of the community, with the typical home holding just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Flinders — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with nearly half of all homes containing only two people. About 28.5% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%.
28.5% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Flinders, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families in the area. This is reflected in the one-parent family rate of 6.6%, which is well below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
6.6% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Flinders, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20930/flinders/topic/family-households