2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fosterville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fosterville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Living in Fosterville typically means sharing a home, as only 12% of households consist of a single person. This is a very low figure compared to the rest of the country. Most residents live in family settings, with half of all families here including children.
2.3
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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 Fosterville — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Fosterville are slightly smaller than the state and national usual, with 2.3 people per household. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 32% of homes house two people and only 12% are single-person households, which is far below the national figure.
12.0% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fosterville, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 3 people is next at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families make up the bulk of the community, and couples with children account for 50% of them. One-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, making up just 6.3% of the total, which is well below the Australian average.
6.3% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fosterville, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Fosterville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20942/fosterville/topic/family-households