2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pearcedale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pearcedale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people typically share a home in Pearcedale, making it a place where larger households are the norm. This trend is driven by a high proportion of families with children, creating a living environment far less focused on single-person households than the rest of the state.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Pearcedale — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With only 15.1% of people living alone, Pearcedale has a far lower rate of single-person homes than the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Most homes house two people (34.7%), but the typical household size of 2.9 is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
15.1% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pearcedale, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a large 62.2% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.5% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
9.5% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pearcedale, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Pearcedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22050/pearcedale/topic/family-households