Pigeon Ponds · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Pigeon Ponds

How families and households are made up across the area.

A far lower rate of one-parent families than the rest of the country marks the domestic landscape in Pigeon Ponds. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, the community is overwhelmingly made up of couples, with no one-parent families recorded in the latest census.

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📍 Pigeon Ponds, Suburb / Locality

Where Pigeon Ponds sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Pigeon Ponds — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Pigeon Ponds2.4
3407, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.4 people per home, household size here is about the same as the Victorian and national figures of 2.5.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Pigeon Ponds, 2 people is the majority at 77%; 4 people is next at 23%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family structures are dominated by couples with children (81.8%) and those without (54.5%). This contributes to the area having 0.0% one-parent families, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.

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 Pigeon Ponds, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 40%.

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 Pigeon Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22070/pigeon-ponds/topic/family-households