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Purnim West · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Purnim West

How families and households are made up across the area.

A gap of 14 percentage points separates Purnim West from the national average for single-parent homes, as this area has no one-parent families. It is a small community where households are generally larger than those seen across the state.

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📍 Purnim West, Suburb / Locality

Where Purnim West sits — Average household size

2.8 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Purnim West — higher than 76% of areas.

Purnim West2.8
3278, VIC 2.7
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 2.8 people per household. This is a little above the 2.5 people typically found in Victorian and Australian homes.

Average household size

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2.8 —

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Purnim West, 2 people is the majority at 63%; 4 people is next at 38%.

2 people 38.5% 4 people 23.1%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

More than half of families are couples with children (51.3%), while 28.2% are couples without children. Notably, there are no one-parent or other family types, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.

One-parent families

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0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Purnim West, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 35%.

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 Purnim West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22128/purnim-west/topic/family-households