Lavers Hill · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Lavers Hill

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people share a roof in Lavers Hill, where the typical home holds only 2.1 people. This is a small figure compared to the rest of the country, meaning the area is largely made up of smaller households and people living on their own.

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📍 Lavers Hill, Suburb / Locality

Where Lavers Hill sits — Average household size

2.1
  • 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 Lavers Hill — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Lavers Hill2.1
3238, VIC 2.1
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 32.4% of people here live alone, which is well above the Victorian and national figures. This helps explain why the average home is smaller than most, with 52.9% of households containing just two people.

2.1

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.8
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.4%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 44.7%
  • 2021: 32.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Lavers Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (19%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families with children make up 45% of the local mix, while one-parent families are much less common here at 8.3% compared to the national figure of 14.1%.

8.3%

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 8.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Lavers Hill splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 8%.

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 Lavers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21475/lavers-hill/topic/family-households