2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nilma North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nilma North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Nilma North than in most similar areas. This is a place where households are generally larger and family-focused, with the typical home holding 2.7 people.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 North — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 12.2% of residents live by themselves, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Most homes are occupied by two people (41.7%), contributing to a household size that is slightly higher than the national average.
12.2% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nilma North, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.3% of families here. Single-parent families are much less common than in most other areas, at just 6.2%, which is well below the 14.1% national figure.
6.2% ▲ +24.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nilma North, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Nilma North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21944/nilma-north/topic/family-households