2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Arnaud · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in St Arnaud
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of people now live alone in St Arnaud compared to the state and national figures. This trend has shifted the local landscape, as the typical home here now holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the Australian average of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 St Arnaud — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 42.7% of all homes, a figure that is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. Because of this, St Arnaud has much lower occupancy per home than most other areas.
42.7% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In St Arnaud, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (34%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families represent 16.2% of the local mix, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most similar areas. Couples with children make up the largest group at 45.8%.
16.2% ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Arnaud, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 St Arnaud [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22334/st-arnaud/topic/family-households