2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Indigo Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Indigo Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Indigo Valley compared to most similar areas. This is a place where households are generally larger, with a strong presence of couples and families making up the bulk of the local living arrangements.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Indigo Valley — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is higher than in most areas. This larger home size is reflected in the fact that only 18.5% of people live alone, a figure well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
18.5% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Indigo Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are very common here, with 58.2% of households being couples with children. Notably, one-parent families make up just 4.0% of the total, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
4.0% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Indigo Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Indigo Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21230/indigo-valley/topic/family-households