2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Naroghid · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Half of all homes in Naroghid are occupied by people living alone. This is a striking figure that makes the area feel very different from the state average and means households here are generally smaller than most.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Naroghid — lower than 76% of areas.
Average household size.
With 50% of residents living alone, the number of people per home is 2.2, which is a little below the Victorian and national figure of 2.5. This high rate of single-person households is among the highest seen in similar areas.
2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Naroghid, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (26%) and 5 people (16%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 62.5% of the group. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 6.3%, a figure that is well below both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
6.3% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Naroghid, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Naroghid [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21888/naroghid/topic/family-households