2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Heywood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Heywood
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone defines the daily social landscape in Heywood. While many homes are small, with just 2.2 people per household, the area also has a strong presence of single-parent families.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Heywood — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Over a third of residents (35.3%) live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Heywood has just 2.2 people, a figure a little below the Victorian average of 2.5.
35.3% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Heywood splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.7% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the most common family type at 44.5%.
18.7% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Heywood, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Heywood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21181/heywood/topic/family-households