2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Greenwald · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Greenwald
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Greenwald compared to most similar areas. The area is mostly made up of larger households, with 2.7 people per home, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
2.7
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- 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 Greenwald — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.3% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% national figure. This is consistent with a higher number of people per home than most areas, with nearly 24% of households containing six or more people.
14.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Greenwald, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 6 or more (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 53.1%. One-parent families account for 14.3% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.
14.3% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Greenwald, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Greenwald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21106/greenwald/topic/family-households