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Longerenong · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Longerenong

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over half of all families in Longerenong are couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area has a high number of people living alone, yet the typical home still holds about 2.6 people, which is slightly more than the national figure.

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📍 Longerenong, Suburb / Locality

Where Longerenong sits — Average household size

2.6 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Longerenong — higher than 57% of areas.

Longerenong2.6
3401, VIC 2.7
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 30% of people here live alone, a figure well above the Victorian and national averages. Despite this, larger homes are common, with nearly 13% of households containing six or more people.

Household size

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Longerenong splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 6 or more at 13%.

2 people 31.4% 1 person 30.0% 6 or more 12.9% 5 people 8.6% 3 people 7.1% 4 people 5.7%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 18.6% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%.

Family composition

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In Longerenong, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

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 Longerenong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21535/longerenong/topic/family-households