2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hughesdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hughesdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Hughesdale have remained remarkably steady over the last decade. Most homes here are headed by couples with children, which makes up 60.6% of all families. The area reflects a typical suburban balance, with household sizes and living arrangements mirroring state and national trends.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Hughesdale — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.5 people per home, Hughesdale sits right on the national and state figures. About 25.4% of people live alone, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
25.4% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hughesdale, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 60.6%. One-parent families make up 11.2% of the total, which is a little below the state and national rates.
11.2% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hughesdale, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Hughesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21214/hughesdale/topic/family-households