2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rich Avon West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rich Avon West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Rich Avon West stands out for having one of the highest rates of single-parent families among similar areas. While most homes house 2.5 people, nearly 30% of families are led by a single parent. This is a significant gap compared to both the state and national figures.
2.5
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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 Rich Avon West — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.5 people per home, household size in Rich Avon West is about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures.
Household size
View on map →Rich Avon West splits fairly evenly between 1 person (50%) and 2 people (50%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 29.6% of the area, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Other family types include couples with children at 40.7% and couples without children at 25.9%.
29.6% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rich Avon West, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by One-parent families (31%) and Couples without children (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 Rich Avon West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22169/rich-avon-west/topic/family-households