2.9 ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nilma · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nilma
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households are a standout feature in Nilma, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5. The area is heavily dominated by families with children, creating a distinct living pattern compared to the rest of Victoria.
2.9
▲ +11.5%
- 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 Nilma — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, and this is reflected in the fact that only 22% of people live alone. This figure is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia. Two-person households are the most common, making up 27.6% of the total.
22.0% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nilma, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a huge 70.3% of families in Nilma. This helps explain why one-parent families are so rare here, at just 4.4%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
4.4% ▼ -70.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nilma, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children 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 Nilma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21943/nilma/topic/family-households