2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Locksley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Locksley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Locksley than in most other areas, with only 17.1% of households being single-person homes. This is a community where most people share their living space, and family-based households are the norm.
2.6
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- 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 Locksley — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here tend to be larger than usual, with 2.6 people per house. This is slightly above the national figure, and nearly half of all households consist of two people.
17.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Locksley, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with couples without children making up 48.5% of families and those with children at 44.4%. One-parent families make up 8.1%, which is well below the Victorian and national figures.
8.1% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Locksley splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (48%) and Couples with children (44%), 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 Locksley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21527/locksley/topic/family-households