3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Silvan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Silvan
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher number of people live in each home in Silvan than in the typical Australian household. This area is defined by large family groups, with very few residents living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 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 Silvan — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 16.1% of people live alone, a rate that is well below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
16.1% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Silvan, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Silvan are couples with children, making up 66.0% of the total. One-parent families are less common here at 6.8%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
6.8% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Silvan, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Silvan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22281/silvan/topic/family-households