2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Simson · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Simson
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Simson than in the rest of Victoria, with 36% of households consisting of just one person. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than the national figure, as the area has fewer people per home on average.
2.3
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- 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 Simson — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Simson are smaller than most, with 2.3 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 36% of people live alone, which is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
36.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Simson splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures here differ from the state average, as one-parent families make up only 5.5% of the total. This is well below the 14.1% recorded across Australia, while couples with children account for 50.9% of families.
5.5% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Simson, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 Simson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22285/simson/topic/family-households