2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Skye · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Skye
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger living arrangements have become more common in Skye, where homes now hold more people than the national figure. This shift is most visible in the low number of people living alone and a high proportion of families with children.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 Skye — higher than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Skye hold 2.9 people, which is much higher than most areas. Only 16.8% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below both the Victorian (25.9%) and national (25.6%) averages.
16.8% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Skye, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 64.5%. One-parent families account for 15.9%, which is a little above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
15.9% ▲ +21.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Skye, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Skye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22291/skye/topic/family-households