2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Laverton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Laverton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More one-parent families live in Laverton than in most similar areas. This is a diverse community where over half of all families include children, though a notable number of residents also live on their own.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Laverton — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Laverton has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. However, 27.9% of households are people living alone, which is a little above the state and national averages.
27.9% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Laverton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.9% of the community, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. Couples with children are the most common family type at 51.8%.
18.9% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Laverton, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Laverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21476/laverton/topic/family-households