2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glenlyon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glenlyon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Glenlyon are couples with children. This is a quiet area where homes are often smaller than usual, and a high number of people live on their own.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Glenlyon — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Glenlyon hold 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that 31.2% of residents live alone, a rate well above the national figure.
31.2% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Glenlyon, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.0% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families here are couples, with 48.7% having children and 46.4% without.
5.0% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Glenlyon splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 5%.
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 Glenlyon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21038/glenlyon/topic/family-households