2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Heatherton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Heatherton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger living arrangements define daily life in Heatherton, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a little above the national figure and suggests a community where more people share a roof than in most other areas.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Heatherton — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 2.8 people per dwelling and only 20.2% of people living alone. This lone-dweller rate is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
20.2% ▲ +42.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Heatherton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (23%), with 1 person at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are family-based, with 69% consisting of couples with children. One-parent families make up 11.8% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.8% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Heatherton, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 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 Heatherton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21163/heatherton/topic/family-households