2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Harcourt · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Harcourt
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Harcourt have remained steady over the last decade. The area is mostly made up of families, with about half of all households consisting of couples raising children.
2.5
→ 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 Harcourt — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Harcourt houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Roughly one quarter of residents live alone, a rate slightly below the state average.
24.7% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Harcourt, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 50.2% of families here are couples with children. One-parent families make up 14.3% of the total, which is a higher proportion than in most similar areas.
14.3% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Harcourt, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Harcourt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21137/harcourt/topic/family-households