2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Main Lead · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Main Lead
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Main Lead than in most similar areas. While the typical home is smaller than the national figure, about a third of all families here are led by a single parent.
2.1
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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 Main Lead — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Main Lead are typically smaller than those in other areas, with 2.1 people per home. This is a little below the figure for both Victoria and Australia, which is 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Main Lead, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 33.3% of the total, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Other family types include couples without children at 48.1% and couples with children at 29.6%.
33.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Main Lead, the largest group is Couples without children at 43%, followed by One-parent families (30%) and Couples with children (27%).
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 Main Lead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21577/main-lead/topic/family-households