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.
Horsham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Horsham
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of people live alone in Horsham than in the rest of Victoria. This trend means the typical home is smaller, with just 2.2 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This makes Horsham a place where single-person living is far more common than in most similar areas.
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 Horsham — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 34.8% of the area, which is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Because so many people live alone, the typical home here is smaller than the state average.
34.8% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Horsham splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, making up 17.2% of families. This is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3%, while couples with children account for 50.9% of families.
17.2% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Horsham, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21206/horsham/topic/family-households