2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sailors Falls · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sailors Falls
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 5.6% of families in Sailors Falls are headed by a single parent, a figure well below the national average. This small community is mostly made up of couples, with homes that typically hold fewer people than those in most other areas.
2.3
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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 Sailors Falls — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figure of 2.5. About 26.7% of households consist of just one person, a rate higher than most similar areas.
26.7% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sailors Falls splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 55.6%. The number of one-parent families is much lower than most areas, sitting at 5.6% compared to 14.1% across Australia.
5.6% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sailors Falls, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Sailors Falls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22223/sailors-falls/topic/family-households