2.8 ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Quantong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Quantong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 63% of families in Quantong are couples with children, making it a place where large households are the norm. The typical home here holds more people than most other areas, reflecting a strong presence of family units.
2.8
▲ +7.7%
- 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 Quantong — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.8 people per home, Quantong is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that only 17.3% of residents live alone, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
17.3% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Quantong, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 3.6% of the population, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 32.6% having no children.
3.6% ▼ -55.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Quantong, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Quantong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22133/quantong/topic/family-households