3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pakenham Upper · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pakenham Upper
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and bigger households are the norm in Pakenham Upper, where 3.0 people typically live in each dwelling. This is a little above the national figure and reflects a community centered on family life rather than individuals living alone.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Pakenham Upper — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The area has far fewer people living alone than the Victorian average, at just 13.6%. This is consistent with the fact that households here are larger than most, with 22.2% of homes housing four people and 13.1% housing five.
13.6% ▲ +38.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pakenham Upper, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 68.8%. This helps explain why one-parent families are well below the national figure, accounting for only 4.6% of the local total.
4.6% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pakenham Upper, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Pakenham Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22029/pakenham-upper/topic/family-households