2.6 ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Parwan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Parwan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Higher than most similar areas, the typical home in Parwan holds 2.6 people. This community is largely made up of families, with 60% of households being couples with children and very few single-parent homes compared to the national figure.
2.6
▼ -10.3%
- 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 Parwan — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The usual household size of 2.6 people is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Two-person homes are the most common at 40%, while 23.6% of residents live alone, which is a little below the national rate.
23.6% ▲ +77.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Parwan, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 60% of households. One-parent families account for 9.6% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.6% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Parwan, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Parwan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22039/parwan/topic/family-households