Glenmaggie · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Glenmaggie

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 31% of people live alone in Glenmaggie, which is well above the national figure. This preference for smaller living arrangements means the area has fewer people per home than most other regions. Most households here consist of either one or two people.

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📍 Glenmaggie, Suburb / Locality

Where Glenmaggie sits — Average household size

2.3 → 0.0%
  • 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 Glenmaggie — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Glenmaggie2.3
3858, VIC 2.4
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Typical homes in Glenmaggie house 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. This smaller size is driven by the high number of single-person households, which make up 30.7% of the area.

2.3 → 0.0%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.7% ▲ +5.1%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 29.2%
  • 2016: 20.8%
  • 2021: 30.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Glenmaggie, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (10%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children are the most common family type at 45.2%, followed closely by couples with children at 44.6%. One-parent families make up 9.7% of the total, a figure well below the national rate of 14.1%.

9.7% ▲ +32.3%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.3%
  • 2016: 9.6%
  • 2021: 9.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Glenmaggie splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (45%), with One-parent families at 10%.

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 Glenmaggie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21039/glenmaggie/topic/family-households