2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Heathcote · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Heathcote
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes have become a defining feature of Heathcote, where the typical home now holds just 2.0 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where a large number of residents live independently.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Heathcote — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person living is far more common here than across Australia, with 35.6% of homes housing just one person. This helps explain why the typical household is much smaller than in most other areas.
35.6% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Heathcote, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of all families in Heathcote are couples without children (47.4%). One-parent families make up 12.5% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the Victorian average.
12.5% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Heathcote, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (38%) 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 Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21160/heathcote/topic/family-households