2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nicholson · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nicholson
How families and households are made up across the area.
Daily life in Nicholson revolves around small home groups, as the area is mostly made up of families. A typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as across Victoria and Australia.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Nicholson — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common, making up 39.3% of all households. About 23.1% of people live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%.
23.1% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nicholson, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.1% of families, while 35.3% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 10.0%, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
10.0% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nicholson, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Nicholson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21941/nicholson/topic/family-households