1.8 ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Korong Vale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Korong Vale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Korong Vale than in most similar areas. This makes for a small typical household size of just 1.8 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. It is a place where single-person homes are the norm.
1.8
▼ -5.3%
- 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 Korong Vale — lower than 91% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Over half of all homes here are occupied by one person, a figure far above the Victorian average of 25.9%. This high rate of solo living helps explain why the number of people per home is among the lowest at this level.
51.4% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Korong Vale, the largest group is 1 person at 48%, followed by 2 people (36%) and 4 people (7%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.4% of the local total, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 37.6%.
22.4% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Korong Vale, the largest group is Couples with children at 37%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (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 Korong Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21397/korong-vale/topic/family-households