2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Neerim Junction · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Neerim Junction
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher proportion of people living alone than the national figure defines the household mix in Neerim Junction. This area is mostly made up of small households, with the typical home containing just 2.2 people.
2.2
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- 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 Junction — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 28.8% of residents live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than most, with 42.4% of households consisting of just two people.
28.8% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Neerim Junction, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
17.0% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Neerim Junction splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (41%), 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 Neerim Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21909/neerim-junction/topic/family-households