2.0 ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nirranda · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Nirranda
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 2.0 people live in the typical home in Nirranda, which is well below the state and national figures. This small household size reflects a local profile where couples without children make up the largest group of families.
2.0
▼ -23.1%
- 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 Nirranda — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes are smaller than most areas, with 47.6% of households containing two people. Only 19% of residents live alone, a figure well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
19.0% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nirranda, 2 people is the majority at 59%; 1 person is next at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 67.5%. One-parent families make up 12.5% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas.
12.5% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nirranda, Couples without children is the majority at 66%; Couples with children is next at 22%.
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 Nirranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21949/nirranda/topic/family-households