2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lower Norton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lower Norton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the biggest group here, with 58.6% of families in Lower Norton falling into this category. This is a place where larger households are the norm, and very few people live by themselves.
2.8
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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 Lower Norton — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than the national figure, with 2.8 people per home. This is much higher than most areas, which is reflected in the fact that only 12.8% of people live alone—a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
12.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lower Norton, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, while 28.8% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 11.6% of the total, which is a little below both the Victorian and national figures.
11.6% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lower Norton, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; 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 Lower Norton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21546/lower-norton/topic/family-households