2.3 ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Harrow · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Harrow
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Harrow compared to the rest of the country. This trend is a major feature of the area, where 41.6% of households are single-person homes. These small households mean that the typical home in Harrow holds fewer people than those in other parts of Victoria.
2.3
▲ +9.5%
- 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 Harrow — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 41.6% of households consisting of just one person. Because so many people live solo, the typical home has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figure of 2.5.
41.6% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Harrow, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 45.6%, followed by couples without children at 36.8%. One-parent families account for 13.2% of the total, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
13.2% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Harrow, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Harrow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21143/harrow/topic/family-households