2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Netherby · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 80% of families in Netherby are couples with children, making it a very family-focused place. This high proportion of parents helps explain why homes here are larger than in most other areas, with a typical household of 2.6 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Netherby — higher than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
About 25.6% of residents live alone, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the national figure. While one-person homes are common, 10.3% of households are large, containing six or more people.
2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
25.6% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Netherby, the largest group is 1 person at 29%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 2 people (17%).
Family types and one-parent families.
No one-parent families were recorded in Netherby, a figure far below both the Victorian and Australian averages. Every family in the area is a couple, with 80.7% having children and 19.3% without.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Netherby, Couples with children is the majority at 81%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Netherby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21919/netherby/topic/family-households