2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Iraak · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Iraak
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people share each home in Iraak, where a striking 39% of residents live alone. This is far above the national figure of 25.6% and creates a landscape of small households. While many couples with children live here, there are no single-parent families in the area.
2.3
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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 Iraak — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Iraak holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 2.5. This smaller average size is driven by the high number of people living alone, a trend far above the state and national averages.
39.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Iraak, the largest group is 1 person at 36%, followed by 2 people (27%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 67.5% of families, while those without children account for 35%. In a stark contrast to the rest of Australia, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Iraak, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Iraak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21239/iraak/topic/family-households