2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Purrumbete · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Purrumbete
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 67.6% of families in South Purrumbete, making it a place where family life is the main story. The area has a strong focus on larger households, with far fewer people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 South Purrumbete — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is higher than in most similar areas. This is consistent with the low number of people living alone, at just 18.8%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
18.8% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Purrumbete, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 67.6% having children and 33.3% without. Only 2.9% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is far below the national average of 14.1%.
2.9% ▼ -65.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Purrumbete, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 South Purrumbete [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22312/south-purrumbete/topic/family-households