2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Simpson · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Simpson
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 18.9% of people in Simpson live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This makes it an area where most people share their homes, with typical households being slightly larger than those across Victoria and Australia.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Simpson — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.7 people live in the typical home, which is higher than most areas. Two-person households are the most common at 39.3%, while only 18.9% of people live by themselves.
18.9% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Simpson, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 60.7% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.2%, a figure that is a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.2% ▲ +108.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Simpson, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Simpson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22283/simpson/topic/family-households