2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glenroy · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glenroy
How families and households are made up across the area.
More households in Glenroy have more people than most similar areas. The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is slightly above the figures for Victoria and Australia. This reflects a community where larger living arrangements are common.
2.6
→ 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 Glenroy — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
While 31% of homes are shared by two people, a high 27.3% of residents live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%.
27.3% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Glenroy splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 57.3%. One-parent families account for 14.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
14.6% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glenroy, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Glenroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21047/glenroy/topic/family-households