2.5 ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Scotts Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Scotts Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Scotts Creek compared to the state average. Most homes here are occupied by families, with the typical household consisting of 2.5 people. This reflects a community where living in pairs or larger groups is the norm.
2.5
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Scotts Creek — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.4% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%. More than half of all households consist of two people, while 2.5 people per home is about the same as the national average.
16.4% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Scotts Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (15%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of the families here are couples with children, and 38.2% are couples without. One-parent families make up 9.4% of the total, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
9.4% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Scotts Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 39%.
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 Scotts Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22245/scotts-creek/topic/family-households