2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Neerim South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Neerim South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Neerim South have remained steady since 2011, with a strong focus on couples. Most of the population lives in two-person households, and the area has a much lower rate of single-parent families compared to the national average.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 South — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Roughly 24% of people live alone, a figure slightly below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
23.9% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Neerim South, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 55.1%. Only 10.1% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.1% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Neerim South, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21911/neerim-south/topic/family-households