Piangil · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Piangil

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over a third of homes in Piangil are occupied by just one person, which is far more common than in most other areas. This makes the town a place where smaller households are the norm, with the typical home holding 2.3 people.

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📍 Piangil, Suburb / Locality

Where Piangil sits — Average household size

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 Piangil — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Piangil2.3
3597, VIC 2.5
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person households make up 34.7% of the area, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the number of people per home is slightly lower than the typical Australian household.

2.3 ▼ -17.9%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

34.7% ▲ +41.4%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.6%
  • 2016: 35.5%
  • 2021: 34.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Piangil splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families here are couples with children, making up 54.8% of the group. One-parent families account for 12.3%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.

12.3% ▲ +105.9%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.0%
  • 2016: 10.8%
  • 2021: 12.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Piangil, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 32%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Piangil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22065/piangil/topic/family-households