2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Giffard West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Giffard West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Giffard West compared to the rest of the state. This is a community where most homes are occupied by couples, with a typical household size of 2.2 people.
2.2
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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 Giffard West — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.7% of people here live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Most homes are occupied by two people (29.2%) or three people (20.8%), leaving the area with a smaller typical household size than most other places.
16.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Giffard West, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 3 people (31%) and 1 person (25%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with one parent are entirely absent here, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%. Instead, the area is dominated by couples, with 51.2% having no children and 44.2% raising children together.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Giffard West, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 46%.
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 Giffard West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20993/giffard-west/topic/family-households