2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Longlea · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Longlea
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 70.1% of families in Longlea, making it a strong heartland for families. This trend is reflected in the home sizes, with the typical household containing 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Longlea — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most areas, and far fewer people live alone compared to the Victorian average of 25.9%. About 33.2% of households have two people, while 18.1% have four people.
15.0% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Longlea, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.4% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 24.6% not having children.
5.4% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Longlea, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Longlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21537/longlea/topic/family-households