2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Parkville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Parkville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of all homes in Parkville are occupied by people living alone. This creates a distinct living pattern where small households are the norm, with the typical home holding just 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Parkville — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are far more common here than in the rest of Victoria, making up 36.1% of all homes. This helps explain why the typical household size is 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
36.1% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Parkville splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with or without children make up the bulk of families, though one-parent families at 11.0% are well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.0% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Parkville splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Parkville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22038/parkville/topic/family-households