2.9 ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Navigators · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far lower rate of people living alone than the national figure defines Navigators, where homes are typically larger. Most households here consist of couples with children, contributing to a higher number of people per home than the state average.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Navigators — higher than 81% of areas.
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, households in Navigators are a little larger than those in Victoria and Australia. Only 12.4% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.9% seen across the state.
2.9 ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
12.4% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Navigators, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (12%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 62.9% of families here. This contributes to a low rate of one-parent families at 8.4%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.4% ▲ +42.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Navigators, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Navigators [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21903/navigators/topic/family-households