Research · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Research

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger households are the norm in Research, where an average of 3.0 people live in each home. This is a little above the national figure, creating a community where few people live alone compared to the rest of the country.

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Where Research sits — Average household size

3.0 → 0.0%
  • 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 Research — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Research3.0
3095, VIC 2.8
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are typically more crowded than in most areas, with 30.7% housing two people and 23.8% housing four. Only 13.7% of residents live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

3.0 → 0.0%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0
  • 2016: 3.0
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.7% ▲ +7.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.8%
  • 2016: 13.1%
  • 2021: 13.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Research, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up a huge 70.4% of families in the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 7.1%, a figure that is well below the 14.1% national average.

7.1% ▼ -8.2%

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.7%
  • 2016: 7.2%
  • 2021: 7.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Research, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 22%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Research [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22160/research/topic/family-households