2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Peechelba East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Peechelba East
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 40% of homes in Peechelba East are occupied by a single person, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area stand out for its high proportion of solo dwellers, even though the typical household size remains similar to the rest of the country.
2.4
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- 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 East — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 40.9% of people here live alone, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 25.6% national figure. Despite this, the typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
40.9% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Peechelba East splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (32%), with 5 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of families are couples with children, while 15.2% are one-parent families. This last group is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most other areas.
15.2% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Peechelba East, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22053/peechelba-east/topic/family-households