3.4 → 0.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Narre Warren South · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Narre Warren South, where the typical home holds 3.4 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community dominated by large family groups.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Narre Warren South — higher than 93% of areas.
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 35.3% of households containing five or more people. This helps explain why only 10% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
3.4 → 0.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
10.0% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Narre Warren South splits fairly evenly between 4 people (25%) and 2 people (23%), with 3 people at 20%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 73.2%. One-parent families account for 12% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.0% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Narre Warren South, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 14%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Narre Warren South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21896/narre-warren-south/topic/family-households