2.8 ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Scarsdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Scarsdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Scarsdale, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where few people live by themselves.
2.8
▲ +12.0%
- 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 Scarsdale — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.9% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. These smaller single-person homes are rare, while two-person households are the most common at 36.5%.
17.9% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Scarsdale, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 55.8%. One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, making up 16.3% of the total.
16.3% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Scarsdale, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Scarsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22241/scarsdale/topic/family-households