2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Samaria · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Samaria
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Samaria, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5, reflecting a local trend toward smaller living arrangements.
2.1
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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 Samaria — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two people are the most common household size at 31%. Only 20.7% of residents live alone, which is well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria and 25.6% nationwide.
20.7% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Samaria, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up half of all families here. Notably, there are no one-parent families in the area, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Samaria, Couples without children is the majority at 51%; Couples with children is next at 49%.
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 Samaria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22228/samaria/topic/family-households