2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northcote · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Northcote
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Northcote are couples with children, making this the most common family type in the area. It is a place where small households are the norm, with many people living on their own. This trend is reflected in a typical home size that is smaller than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Northcote — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30.3% of people here live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. Because of this, the typical home in Northcote holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the 2.5 people seen across Australia.
30.3% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Northcote splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.8% of local families, while 29.5% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 10.4%, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.4% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northcote, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Northcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21971/northcote/topic/family-households