2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glen Huntly · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glen Huntly
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households have become the norm in Glen Huntly, where a striking 35.5% of people now live alone. This is well above the national figure and reflects a shift toward smaller living arrangements. The area's housing landscape is dominated by one and two-person homes.
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 Glen Huntly — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
More than a third of residents live alone, a rate well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why the typical home in Glen Huntly has only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
35.5% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Glen Huntly splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.6% of families, while 36.1% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 10.2%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.2% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glen Huntly, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Glen Huntly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21009/glen-huntly/topic/family-households