2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hazelwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hazelwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Hazelwood have shifted since 2011, with a notable rise in single-parent families. This area now has a much higher rate of one-parent homes than most similar places, reaching 18.8%. While family structures vary, the typical home remains relatively small.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Hazelwood — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Hazelwood house just two people, and the typical home has 2.3 residents, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. About 23.6% of people live alone, a rate slightly below the Victorian average.
23.6% ▲ +45.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hazelwood, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.8% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% national average. Other families are less common, with 45.8% of households being couples without children and 37.5% being couples with children.
18.8% ▲ +154.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hazelwood, the largest group is Couples without children at 45%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (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 Hazelwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21155/hazelwood/topic/family-households