2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pound Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pound Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all households in Pound Creek are couples with children. This family-focused layout means far fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the state. Most homes are shared, with an average of 2.5 people per dwelling.
2.5
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- 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 Pound Creek — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 41.7%, while only 16.7% of people live alone. This proportion of single-person households is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
16.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pound Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 3 people (27%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.7% of families, followed by couples without children at 39.3%. One-parent families account for 11.2%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.2% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pound Creek, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Pound Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22114/pound-creek/topic/family-households