2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Neerim East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Neerim East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few things have shifted in the way people live in Neerim East since 2011. Most homes are headed by couples, with a typical household size of 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Neerim East — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 26.1% of people live alone, a figure that is about the same as across Victoria and Australia. Two-person households are the most common, making up 31.9% of all homes.
26.1% ▲ +40.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Neerim East, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.4% of families, while one-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas. At 8.3%, the share of single-parent homes is well below both the state and national figures.
8.3% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Neerim East, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Neerim East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21908/neerim-east/topic/family-households