Navarre · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Navarre

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.

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Where Navarre sits — Average household size

2.2 ▼ -8.3%
  • 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 Navarre — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Navarre2.2
3384, VIC 2.4
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.6% ▲ +36.2%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.9%
  • 2016: 40.9%
  • 2021: 32.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Navarre, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (11%).

Families

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.

  • 2011: 11.9%
  • 2016: 27.9%
  • 2021: 17.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Navarre splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 17%.

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 Navarre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21902/navarre/topic/family-households