2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Huntly · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Huntly
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Huntly than in the rest of the country, with only 16.2% of households consisting of one person. This creates a trend toward larger living arrangements, where the typical home holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Huntly — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most areas, with a typical size of 2.9 people. This is reflected in the fact that 32.5% of households contain two people, while 16.2% of residents live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
16.2% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Huntly, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common, making up 60.8% of the total. One-parent families account for 15.8%, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
15.8% ▲ +52.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Huntly, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Huntly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21219/huntly/topic/family-households