2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sassafras · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sassafras
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger household sizes have become more common in Sassafras since 2011. Most homes now house more people than in other similar areas, with a strong focus on families and couples.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Sassafras — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Sassafras hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This trend is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 16.2%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
16.2% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sassafras, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 56.4%. One-parent families account for 13.0% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Victorian average.
13.0% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sassafras, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Sassafras [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22239/sassafras/topic/family-households