2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Longford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Longford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Longford than in the rest of Victoria, with only 12.9% of households consisting of one person. This creates a community where homes are generally larger, and the typical household is busier than the state or national average.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Longford — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Longford holds 2.9 people, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.5. While 39% of homes house two people, only 12.9% are single-person households, a figure far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
12.9% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Longford, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group here at 63.2%, while one-parent families represent just 7.3%. This proportion of single-parent homes is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.3% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Longford, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Longford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21536/longford/topic/family-households