1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Shore · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in North Shore
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in North Shore compared to the rest of the state. With nearly half of all homes housing just one person, this area has a much smaller typical household size than the national average.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 North Shore — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 46.5% of households, which is far above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This explains why the typical home in North Shore has only 1.9 people, well below the Australian average of 2.5.
46.5% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In North Shore, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 4 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, making up 21.8% of families. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
21.8% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Shore, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (31%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21967/north-shore/topic/family-households