2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sarsfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sarsfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 6.3% of families in Sarsfield are headed by a single parent, a figure that is well below the national average. This creates a family-focused atmosphere where more than half of the households consist of couples raising children.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Sarsfield — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Sarsfield holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. Nearly 40% of households are two-person homes, while 24.4% of residents live alone.
24.4% ▲ +39.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sarsfield, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.6% of families here, while 40.9% are couples without children. The proportion of one-parent families is much lower than most other areas, sitting well below the 14.1% national average.
6.3% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sarsfield, 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 Sarsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22238/sarsfield/topic/family-households