2.2 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Highlands · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Highlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has seen the typical household size in Highlands drop since 2011. Today, it is an area where nearly half of all homes are occupied by couples without children, contributing to a general trend of fewer people living under one roof.
2.2
▲ +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 Highlands — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than in most areas, with a typical size of 2.2 people. This is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5, partly because 28.3% of residents live alone, which is a little above the national rate.
28.3% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Highlands, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.6% of families, while couples without children account for 43.7%. One-parent families make up only 8.7%, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
8.7% ▲ +200.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Highlands splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21186/highlands/topic/family-households