2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Quarry Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Quarry Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher number of people living alone has become a standout feature of Quarry Hill since 2011. This shift is reflected in the typical home size, which is now smaller than in most other areas.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Quarry Hill — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 32.1% of people living alone—a figure well above the 25.9% seen across Victoria. Because of this, the typical home in Quarry Hill holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
32.1% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Quarry Hill splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures vary, with 53.2% being couples with children and 28.2% being couples without. One-parent families make up 17.1% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the state average of 13.3%.
17.1% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Quarry Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Quarry Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22134/quarry-hill/topic/family-households