2.2 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Reefton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Reefton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Reefton are occupied by a single person, which is far above the national figure. This makes it a place where small households are the norm, though one-parent families are also much more common than in most similar areas.
2.2
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- 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 Reefton — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Almost 49% of people here live alone, a rate far above the 26% seen across Australia. Because of this, the typical home in Reefton holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
48.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Reefton, 1 person is the majority at 53%; 2 people is next at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 64.3% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 16.1%, a figure that is a little above the state and national averages and much higher than most similar areas.
16.1% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Reefton, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Reefton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22159/reefton/topic/family-households