2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glenthompson · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glenthompson
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small living arrangements define daily life in Glenthompson, where many residents live independently. The area is marked by a high number of single-person homes, with 42.5% of households consisting of just one person.
2.1
→ 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 Glenthompson — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with only 2.1 people per house compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the same high proportion of people living alone, which is far above the Victorian rate.
42.5% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Glenthompson, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families are couples with children, while 36.3% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 12.6%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state average.
12.6% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glenthompson, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Glenthompson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21048/glenthompson/topic/family-households