Piedmont · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Piedmont

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people live in each home in Piedmont than in most similar areas. This small community is defined by a high number of single-person households and a complete absence of one-parent families, making its family structure quite different from the state average.

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📍 Piedmont, Suburb / Locality

Where Piedmont sits — Average household size

2.2
  • 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 Piedmont — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Piedmont2.2
3833, VIC 2.0
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 30% of people here live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This helps explain why the typical home in Piedmont holds just 2.2 people, a little below the national figure of 2.5.

2.2

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Piedmont, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 4 people (32%) and 1 person (27%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group at 54.1%. Notably, there are no one-parent families in the area, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Piedmont, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 44%.

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 Piedmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22068/piedmont/topic/family-households