2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Helena · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in St Helena
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in St Helena than in most other similar areas, making it a place where most residents share their home. This is a family-focused community where two-thirds of households consist of couples with children.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Helena — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is slightly higher than the national figure of 2.5. Only 19.4% of residents live alone, a rate well below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
19.4% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In St Helena, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 66.7% of all families in the area. One-parent families are much less common here than in the rest of the country, accounting for just 9.2% of families.
9.2% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Helena, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Helena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22339/st-helena/topic/family-households