2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Howes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Howes Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Howes Creek than in most similar areas. While the typical household size is about the same as the state and national figures, the area has a striking mix of single-person homes and larger family dwellings.
2.6
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- 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 Howes Creek — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 36.4% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes is balanced by larger households, with 36.4% of homes containing four people.
36.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Howes Creek splits fairly evenly between 1 person (27%) and 4 people (27%), with 2 people at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 75% of families here. One-parent families account for 8.9% of the total, which is well below both the Victorian and Australian figures.
8.9% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Howes Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Howes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21209/howes-creek/topic/family-households