3.0 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Poowong North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Poowong North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households and a strong presence of children shape daily life in Poowong North. The typical home holds 3.0 people, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5.
3.0
→ 0.0%
- 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 North — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With only 11.7% of people living alone, this is far below the Victorian rate of 25.9%. Most homes are shared, with 36.7% holding two people and 23.3% holding three.
11.7% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Poowong North, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 5 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a huge 75.1% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for just 1.8%, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
1.8% ▼ -80.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Poowong North, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22100/poowong-north/topic/family-households