2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Frankston North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Frankston North
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher rate of one-parent families than the state average marks the household landscape in Frankston North. While 33.6% of families here are led by a single parent, the Victorian figure is just 13.3%. This stands out in a community where many people also live by themselves.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Frankston North — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 34.4% of households consisting of one person. This high number of single-person homes means the typical home in Frankston North has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
34.4% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Frankston North splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (30%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 33.6% of the total, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1%. In comparison, couples with children are the most common family type at 42.4%.
33.6% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Frankston North, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by One-parent families (34%) and Couples without children (22%).
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 Frankston North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20948/frankston-north/topic/family-households