2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Magpie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Magpie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Magpie, where an average of 2.9 people live in each home. This is a family-focused area with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Magpie — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than the national figure, with 2.9 people per household. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 14.3%, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
14.3% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Magpie, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 62.5%. Single-parent families are less common here than in most areas, representing only 8.5% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
8.5% ▲ +14.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Magpie, 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 Magpie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21573/magpie/topic/family-households