1.8 ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Southbank · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Southbank
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 43% of people live alone in Southbank, which is far above the national figure. This creates a distinct housing pattern where small households dominate the area. Most homes here are occupied by just one or two people.
1.8
▼ -5.3%
- 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 Southbank — lower than 91% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Southbank holds only 1.8 people, which is well below the Victorian average of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that 42.9% of households are people living alone, one of the highest rates for any similar area.
42.9% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Southbank splits fairly evenly between 1 person (43%) and 2 people (42%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 60.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 8.9%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
8.9% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Southbank, Couples without children is the majority at 60%; Couples with children is next at 26%.
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 Southbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22315/southbank/topic/family-households