2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Launching Place · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Launching Place
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than one in five people live alone in Launching Place, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This area is mostly made up of family groups, with the typical home holding 2.7 people. It is a community where large households are common and solitary living is less frequent than in most other areas.
2.7
▼ -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 Launching Place — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 19.4% of households are people living alone, a figure well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
19.4% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Launching Place, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the clear majority of families at 61.9%. One-parent families account for 13.0% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas.
13.0% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Launching Place, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Launching Place [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21473/launching-place/topic/family-households