2.3 ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Peechelba · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Peechelba
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people living alone than the state average defines the household makeup in Peechelba. While nearly half of all homes are shared by two people, the area has a smaller typical household size than the national figure. This creates a distinct landscape where single-person homes are far more common than in most similar regions.
2.3
▼ -17.9%
- 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 Peechelba — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31.0% of people here live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This helps explain why the typical home in Peechelba holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national average of 2.5.
31.0% ▲ +73.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Peechelba, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 5 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 45.9%, followed closely by couples without children at 41.4%. One-parent families account for 12.0% of the total, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
12.0% ▲ +41.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Peechelba splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 Peechelba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22052/peechelba/topic/family-households