2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Snake Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Snake Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Snake Valley are couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area is sparsely populated and generally follows state and national patterns for home sizes, though it has a notably higher proportion of single-parent families.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Snake Valley — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here are small, with 39.7% housing two people and 24.8% housing just one. On average, there are 2.4 people per home, which is about the same as the typical Victorian or Australian household.
24.8% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Snake Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.1% of the total, a figure that is well above the Victorian average and much higher than most similar areas. Couples without children also make up a significant portion of the local family mix at 34.9%.
17.1% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Snake Valley, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Snake Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22301/snake-valley/topic/family-households