2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Norlane · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone or in single-parent homes in Norlane than in most other similar areas. This is a place where small households are common, with nearly 40% of homes housing just one person.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Norlane — lower than 76% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home in Norlane has 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of people living alone, accounting for 39.5% of all households.
2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
39.5% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Norlane, the largest group is 1 person at 40%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (16%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 35.1% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. Other family types are less common, with couples with children making up 38.6% and couples without children at 23.2%.
35.1% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Norlane splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (35%), with Couples without children at 23%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Norlane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21960/norlane/topic/family-households