2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Poowong East · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Poowong East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Poowong East have remained steady over the last decade, with households and family types mirroring national patterns. The area is a mix of small and large homes, with the typical household containing about 2.4 people.
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 Poowong East — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 25.7% of people in Poowong East live alone, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 40%, while 11.4% of homes have five people.
25.7% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Poowong East, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 37.2%, followed closely by couples with children at 35.9%. One-parent families account for 12.8% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
12.8% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Poowong East splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Poowong East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22099/poowong-east/topic/family-households