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Sheep Hills · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Sheep Hills

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer than two people live in the typical home in Sheep Hills, making it a place of very small households. Most residents live as couples without children, which stands in stark contrast to the wider state and national patterns.

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📍 Sheep Hills, Suburb / Locality

Where Sheep Hills sits — Average household size

1.9 —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Sheep Hills — lower than 89% of areas.

Sheep Hills1.9
3392, VIC 2.1
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With only 1.9 people per home, households here are much smaller than in most other areas. This figure is well below the Victorian and Australian typical of 2.5 people.

Average household size

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1.9 —

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Sheep Hills, 2 people is the majority at 69%; 1 person is next at 31%.

2 people 90.0% 1 person 40.0%

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up 80% of families, while those with children account for 25%. There are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

One-parent families

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0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Sheep Hills, Couples without children is the majority at 76%; Couples with children is next at 24%.

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 Sheep Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22270/sheep-hills/topic/family-households