2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pennyroyal · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pennyroyal
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Pennyroyal are couples without children, making this a very common home setup for the area. This trend contributes to a community where very few people live alone compared 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 Pennyroyal — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has about 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 10.8% of people live alone, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages.
10.8% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pennyroyal, 2 people is the majority at 55%; 4 people is next at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 51.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 3.9%, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
3.9% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Pennyroyal splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 4%.
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 Pennyroyal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22055/pennyroyal/topic/family-households