2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sandy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sandy Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Sandy Creek are couples with children. This makes the area feel very family-oriented, with far fewer people living alone than the state and national figures.
2.6
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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 Sandy Creek — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here have 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 38.9% of households have two people and only 20.8% are single-person homes—a figure well below the Victorian average.
20.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sandy Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are common here, with couples with children making up 50.6% of the total. Only 7.6% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.6% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sandy Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Sandy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22235/sandy-creek/topic/family-households