2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Navarre · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Navarre live alone, reflecting a shift toward smaller households since 2011. This quiet rural area has a smaller typical home size than most other regions. Only 2.2 people live in the usual home, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Navarre — lower than 76% of areas.
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, making up 32.6% of all households—a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why homes are smaller than most areas, with 41.9% of households containing just two people.
2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
32.6% ▲ +36.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Navarre, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.3% of the community, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 44%, followed closely by couples without children at 40%.
17.3% ▲ +45.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Navarre splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 17%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Navarre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21902/navarre/topic/family-households