2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Greensborough · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Greensborough
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living together in Greensborough than in many other similar areas. The typical home here holds 2.6 people, reflecting a strong presence of families with children.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Greensborough — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 21.5% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most households consist of two people (33.3%), while 20.9% have four people.
21.5% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Greensborough, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 63.6%. One-parent families account for 11.2%, a figure that is a little below both the Victorian and national averages.
11.2% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Greensborough, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Greensborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21104/greensborough/topic/family-households