2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Narbethong · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Narbethong than is typical for the rest of the country. The area is sparsely populated, with a small number of households that tend to be smaller than the state and national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Narbethong — lower than 76% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home in Narbethong holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This smaller size is partly because 28.6% of people live alone, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
28.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Narbethong, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (13%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families here are couples with children, at 47.9%. One-parent families make up 14.6% of the total, which is a little above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
14.6% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Narbethong, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (14%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Narbethong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21880/narbethong/topic/family-households