2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
High Camp · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in High Camp than in most similar areas, with the typical household holding nearly three people. This shift towards larger living arrangements is seen in the low number of people living alone and a high proportion of families with children.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is High Camp — higher than 81% of areas.
Average household size.
An average of 2.9 people live in each home, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 10.8% of residents live alone, a figure that is far below both the Victorian and Australian averages of around 26%.
2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
10.8% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In High Camp, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 4 people (16%) and 5 people (16%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 59.2%. Only 5.8% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
5.8% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In High Camp, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in High Camp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21184/high-camp/topic/family-households