2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Greendale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Greendale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Greendale, where a typical home holds nearly three people. This trend is driven by a high proportion of families with children, making it a community where fewer people live on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Greendale — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 2.9 people per house compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 19% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
19.0% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Greendale, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are headed by couples with children, making up 69% of families. One-parent families account for 9.4%, a figure well below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
9.4% ▲ +42.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Greendale, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Greendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21101/greendale/topic/family-households