3.1 ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Humevale · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in each home in Humevale than is typical across the country. This is a family-focused area where the usual household size is 3.1 people, which is a little above the national and state figures of 2.5.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Humevale — higher than 88% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with 30% of households having two people and 19.1% having four. This helps explain why far fewer people live alone here compared to Victoria, where the figure is 25.9%.
3.1 ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
18.2% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Humevale, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (19%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 63.2%. One-parent families account for 13.0% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the Victorian average.
13.0% ▲ +67.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Humevale, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Humevale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21215/humevale/topic/family-households