2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Herne Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Herne Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 40.1% of people in Herne Hill live alone, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This high number of single-person households means Herne Hill has a smaller typical household size than most other regions.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Herne Hill — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 40.1% of households consist of just one person, a rate far above the Victorian average of 25.9%.
40.1% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Herne Hill, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.9% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples with children, representing 54.3% of the total.
15.9% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Herne Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Herne Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21174/herne-hill/topic/family-households