1.7 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Longwood East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Longwood East
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking 36.4% of households in Longwood East consist of people living alone. This is far above the national figure and contributes to the area having very small households. Most homes here are occupied by just one or two people.
1.7
—
- 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 Longwood East — lower than 94% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Longwood East holds only 1.7 people, which is well below the Victorian and Australian average of 2.5. This is among the lowest levels for any similar area, with 61.8% of households containing two people.
36.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Longwood East, 2 people is the majority at 59%; 1 person is next at 34%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the vast majority of families at 83.1%. In contrast, there are no one-parent families in the area, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Longwood East, Couples without children is the majority at 82%; Couples with children is next at 18%.
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 Longwood East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21541/longwood-east/topic/family-households