2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shelbourne · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shelbourne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of the households in Shelbourne are couples with children. This makes it a family-focused area where homes are larger than typical, with an average of 2.7 people per dwelling.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Shelbourne — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Just 12.8% of people live alone, which is far below the Victorian and national figures of around 26%. Most homes are occupied by two people, making up 50.7% of all households.
12.8% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shelbourne, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 1 person (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 5.4% of the area, a figure well below the 14.1% national average. The vast majority of families are couples, with 58.3% raising children.
5.4% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shelbourne, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Shelbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22271/shelbourne/topic/family-households