1.9 → 0.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Kilda West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in St Kilda West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes have become the defining feature of St Kilda West, where nearly half of all homes are occupied by just one person. This trend makes the area stand out sharply from the rest of the state, with a typical home holding only 1.9 people.
1.9
→ 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 St Kilda West — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Almost half of all residents (48%) live alone, a figure far above the national rate of 25.6%. This contributes to a typical household size of 1.9 people, which is well below the Victorian figure of 2.5.
48.0% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.0%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In St Kilda West, the largest group is 1 person at 48%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.8% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 8% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
8.0% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Kilda West, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Kilda West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22345/st-kilda-west/topic/family-households