Parkdale · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Parkdale

How families and households are made up across the area.

Household patterns in Parkdale have remained steady since 2011. The area is mostly made up of families with children, though more than a quarter of homes are occupied by just one person.

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📍 Parkdale, Suburb / Locality

Where Parkdale sits — Average household size

2.5 → 0.0%
  • 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 Parkdale — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Parkdale2.5
3195, VIC 2.6
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Single-person households make up 27.2% of the area, a rate slightly above the national average.

2.5 → 0.0%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.2% ▼ -8.5%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 29.7%
  • 2016: 27.5%
  • 2021: 27.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Parkdale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (27%), with 4 people at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children are the most common family type at 63.8%. One-parent families make up 11.5% of the total, which is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.

11.5% ▲ +2.0%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.3%
  • 2016: 11.7%
  • 2021: 11.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Parkdale, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 24%.

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 Parkdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22037/parkdale/topic/family-households