3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pentland Hills · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pentland Hills
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Pentland Hills than is common across the country, with a typical home holding 3.0 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where few people live on their own.
3.0
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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 Pentland Hills — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.7% of people here live alone, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. The most common household size is two people (31.4%), though 13.7% of homes hold five or more residents.
15.7% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pentland Hills, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.8% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 14.0% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the national figure.
14.0% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pentland Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Pentland Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22058/pentland-hills/topic/family-households