3.2 ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Point Cook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Point Cook
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Point Cook than in almost any other similar area. This is a place of large households, where 3.2 people typically live together, far exceeding the national figure of 2.5. This high density is driven by a strong presence of families with children.
3.2
▲ +3.2%
- 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 Point Cook — higher than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than those in the state or nation, with 28.6% of households containing four people. Only 11.1% of residents live alone, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
11.1% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Point Cook, the largest group is 4 people at 29%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 2 people (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 74.5%. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent 10.5% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
10.5% ▲ +40.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Point Cook, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 14%.
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 Point Cook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22086/point-cook/topic/family-households