2.0 ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Skipton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Skipton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 45% of people in Skipton live alone, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct profile for the town where small households are the norm, and a high proportion of one-parent families live compared to the rest of the state.
2.0
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Skipton — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Skipton are typically smaller than most areas, with only 2.0 people per home compared to 2.5 across Australia. This is driven by the fact that 44.5% of households consist of just one person.
44.5% ▲ +53.9%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Skipton, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.2% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. Other family types include couples with children at 44.0% and couples without children at 34.2%.
21.2% ▲ +118.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Skipton, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Skipton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22290/skipton/topic/family-households