2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shady Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shady Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 62% of families in Shady Creek, making it a place where family living is the norm. This strong focus on family units means that households here are generally larger and more populated than in most other areas.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Shady Creek — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Very few people live alone here, at just 11.6%, a figure far below the national average of 25.6%.
11.6% ▼ -43.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shady Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 3 people (16%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 62% having children and 31.6% without. Only 5.1% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
5.1% ▼ -51.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shady Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Shady Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22266/shady-creek/topic/family-households