2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Reservoir · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Reservoir
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Reservoir are couples with children, making this the most common home type. The area is noted for having a much higher share of people living alone than the state and national figures. Most homes here house two or one people.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Reservoir — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30.8% of residents live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This high number of single-person homes means the typical household size of 2.4 people is about the same as across Australia.
30.8% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Reservoir splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.4% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
15.4% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Reservoir, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Reservoir [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22161/reservoir/topic/family-households