2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Powelltown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Powelltown
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher-than-average share of people living alone shapes the domestic life of Powelltown. While most homes follow the national pattern with about 2.5 people per household, there is a notable number of single-person dwellings compared to other areas.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Powelltown — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30.6% of people here live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 40.3% of all homes.
30.6% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Powelltown, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families in Powelltown are couples with children, at 55.3%. One-parent families make up 13.2% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.
13.2% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Powelltown, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Powelltown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22115/powelltown/topic/family-households