2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Orrvale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Orrvale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Typical family arrangements in Orrvale are very common for its size, though the area stands out for having far fewer single-parent homes than most. Most households consist of couples, with a typical home holding 2.5 people.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 Orrvale — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About a quarter of residents in Orrvale live alone, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. Two-person households are the most common, making up 37.2% of all homes.
25.0% ▲ +54.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Orrvale, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 5.2% of the local total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 61.3% having children and 31.3% without.
5.2% ▼ -48.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Orrvale, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Orrvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22017/orrvale/topic/family-households