2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Officer · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Officer
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Officer than in most similar areas, with a typical household size of 2.9 people. This is a family-heavy community where 66.9% of households are couples with children, contributing to a much lower rate of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Officer — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 2.9 people per dwelling, which is a little above the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. Only 15.8% of people live alone, a figure well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
15.8% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Officer, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 66.9%. One-parent families account for 13.0% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the state average.
13.0% ▲ +47.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Officer, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Officer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22006/officer/topic/family-households