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Harkness · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Harkness

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people share a home in Harkness than in most similar areas, with 3.1 people per dwelling. This is a family-focused community where large households are common and few people live alone.

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📍 Harkness, Suburb / Locality

Where Harkness sits — Average household size

3.1 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Harkness — higher than 88% of areas.

Harkness3.1
3337, VIC 2.8
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home is larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, and only 17.2% of residents live alone. This is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia, with 24.5% of households consisting of two people.

Household size

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Harkness splits fairly evenly between 2 people (24%) and 4 people (22%), with 3 people at 19%.

2 people 24.5% 4 people 22.3% 3 people 19.3% 1 person 17.2% 5 people 9.5% 6 or more 7.3%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 19.8% of the area, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. Most families are couples with children, accounting for 65.5% of the total.

Family composition

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In Harkness, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; One-parent families is next at 20%.

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 Harkness [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21140/harkness/topic/family-households