2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Osbornes Flat · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Osbornes Flat than in the rest of the country. This is a place where larger households are the norm, with 2.9 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Osbornes Flat — higher than 81% of areas.
| Osbornes Flat | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 3691 crosses VIC/NSW | 2.8 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Typical homes are larger than most, and only 11.8% of people live alone, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. The most common household size is two people, making up 43.5% of the area.
2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
11.8% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Osbornes Flat, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 5 people (15%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 65.9% of families here. Only 3.5% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below the state average of 13.3%.
3.5% ▲ +149.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Osbornes Flat, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Osbornes Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22018/osbornes-flat/topic/family-households