2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Neerim North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Neerim North
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families make up 20.6% of the population in Neerim North, a figure well above the national average. This high proportion of single-parent homes is the most striking feature of the area's domestic life.
2.5
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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 North — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Neerim North holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Household size
View on map →Neerim North splits fairly evenly between 1 person (25%) and 2 people (25%), with 3 people at 25%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are much more common here than in most other areas, sitting 6.5 percentage points above the national average. In total, 52.9% of families are couples with children, while 14.7% are couples without children.
20.6% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Neerim North, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; One-parent families is next at 23%.
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21910/neerim-north/topic/family-households