2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Smeaton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Smeaton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in Smeaton are couples without children, making this the most common household type. The area has a notably high number of people living alone and smaller-than-average homes. This helps explain why Smeaton has far fewer people per home than the national figure.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Smeaton — lower than 81% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is driven by the 34.6% of residents who live alone, a figure well above both the Victorian and national averages.
34.6% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Smeaton, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 4 people (6%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 41% of families, while one-parent families account for 13.1%. This last group is higher than in most areas, though it sits about the same as the Victorian average.
13.1% ▲ +75.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Smeaton splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Smeaton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22293/smeaton/topic/family-households