2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oakleigh · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oakleigh
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Oakleigh than in the past, with 27% of homes now occupied by a single person. This is a little above the national figure, while the typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as across Australia.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Oakleigh — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are more common here than in most areas, making up 27% of all households. Two-person homes are the most frequent, accounting for 33% of the total.
27.0% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oakleigh, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 59.8%. One-parent families represent 11.7% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.7% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oakleigh, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Oakleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22000/oakleigh/topic/family-households