2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hamlyn Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hamlyn Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 32% of residents in Hamlyn Heights live alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This means the area has a much higher proportion of single-person households than most other similar places. As a result, homes here generally hold fewer people than the typical Australian household.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Hamlyn Heights — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Hamlyn Heights are smaller, with 2.3 people per home, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. Single-person households are very common at 31.8%, while two-person homes make up 33.6% of the total.
31.8% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hamlyn Heights splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 55.5%. One-parent families account for 14.6% of the total, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
14.6% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hamlyn Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Hamlyn Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21130/hamlyn-heights/topic/family-households