2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Laharum · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Laharum
How families and households are made up across the area.
A mix of family sizes defines daily life in Laharum, where nearly half of all households are couples with children. The area has a balanced profile, with a typical household size of 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Laharum — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 21.7% of people live alone, a figure well below the Victorian and national averages. Two-person households are the most common, making up 46.7% of all homes.
21.7% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Laharum, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children form 47.1% of families, while those without children account for 45.5%. One-parent families make up 11.6%, which is a little below the national figure.
11.6% ▲ +88.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Laharum splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Laharum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21426/laharum/topic/family-households