3.5 ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Plumpton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Plumpton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are a defining feature of daily life in Plumpton, where the typical home holds 3.5 people. This is well above the Victorian and national figures of 2.5, making it one of the most crowded areas for its size.
3.5
▲ +12.9%
- 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 Plumpton — higher than 95% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 3.5 people per dwelling. This is well above the state and national figures of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →Plumpton splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (28%) and 4 people (24%), with 1 person at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, who make up 71.2% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.1%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.1% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Plumpton, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Plumpton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22085/plumpton/topic/family-households