2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hunterston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hunterston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty per cent of families in Hunterston are led by a single parent, a figure far above the national average. This high proportion of one-parent homes is the defining feature of the local family landscape. Most households here consist of two or three people.
2.4
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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 Hunterston — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.4 people per home, Hunterston is about the same as the typical Victorian and Australian household.
Household size
View on map →In Hunterston, 2 people is the majority at 67%; 1 person is next at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 40% of the area's families, which is far above the 14.1% national figure. Couples with children account for 30%, while couples without children make up 20%.
40.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hunterston, the largest group is One-parent families at 44%, followed by Couples with children (33%) and Couples without children (22%).
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 Hunterston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21217/hunterston/topic/family-households