1.8 ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Quambatook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Quambatook
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Quambatook compared to the rest of the state. This is a small-household area where 42.7% of homes are occupied by just one person, which is far above the national figure.
1.8
▼ -25.0%
- 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 Quambatook — lower than 91% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Quambatook holds only 1.8 people, which is well below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. Single-person households are very common, making up 42.7% of all homes.
42.7% ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Quambatook, the largest group is 1 person at 47%, followed by 2 people (38%) and 4 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.1% of the total, which is far above the state average of 13.3%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 51.1%.
24.1% ▲ +60.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Quambatook, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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 Quambatook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22131/quambatook/topic/family-households