Nayook · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Nayook

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children are the most common family type in Nayook, making up 40.7% of households. Despite this, the area has a surprisingly high number of people living alone, with a typical home holding only 2.1 people.

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📍 Nayook, Suburb / Locality

Where Nayook sits — Average household size

2.1
  • 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 Nayook — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Nayook2.1
3832, VIC 2.2
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 32.4% of people live alone in Nayook, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the usual household size of 2.1 people is much lower than most other areas.

2.1

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.4%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 45.5%
  • 2021: 32.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Nayook splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (38%), with 4 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 18.5% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is a much higher proportion than in most similar areas.

18.5%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 18.4%
  • 2021: 18.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Nayook splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families at 19%.

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 Nayook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21904/nayook/topic/family-households