2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hopetoun · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hopetoun
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person homes than most similar areas define Hopetoun. This town is shaped by a small typical household size, with over a third of all homes occupied by just one person.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Hopetoun — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People per home is 2.1, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Victorian figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, which make up 34.3% of the total.
34.3% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hopetoun, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up nearly half of all families at 48.7%. One-parent families account for 12.9% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Victorian average.
12.9% ▲ +49.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hopetoun, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Hopetoun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21201/hopetoun/topic/family-households