Sebastopol · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Sebastopol

How families and households are made up across the area.

Thirty-eight per cent of homes in Sebastopol are lived in by just one person, which is far more than the national figure. This high number of single-person households means the area has much smaller homes on average than most other places.

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📍 Sebastopol, Suburb / Locality

Where Sebastopol sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -4.5%
  • 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 Sebastopol — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Sebastopol2.1
3356, VIC 2.2
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Sebastopol has 2.1 people, a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. This is driven by a very high proportion of people living alone, which is far above the state average.

2.1 ▼ -4.5%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

38.2% ▲ +8.9%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 35.1%
  • 2016: 36.7%
  • 2021: 38.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Sebastopol splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 27.5% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average and among the highest for similar areas.

27.5% ▲ +14.0%

Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.1%
  • 2016: 27.3%
  • 2021: 27.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Sebastopol, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (28%).

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 Sebastopol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22255/sebastopol/topic/family-households