2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leopold · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
About the same as the national figure, 2.5 people typically live in a Leopold home. This area mirrors state and national trends for household size, while a higher-than-average share of one-parent families marks a key local characteristic.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Leopold — higher than 50% of areas.
Average household size.
Most homes house two people (35.9%), while 23.9% of residents live alone. This last figure is a little below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
23.9% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Leopold, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (16%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.9%, which is higher than most similar areas.
13.9% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Leopold, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Leopold [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21493/leopold/topic/family-households