1.7 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Staffordshire Reef · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Staffordshire Reef
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Staffordshire Reef than in the rest of the state, with over 75% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a living pattern that is very different from the national norm, resulting in much smaller households overall.
1.7
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- 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 Staffordshire Reef — lower than 94% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Staffordshire Reef has only 1.7 people, which is well below the Victorian and Australian figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 75.9% of residents live alone, a rate far above the national average.
75.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 75.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Staffordshire Reef, 1 person is the majority at 81%; 2 people is next at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 35.5% of the community, which is far above the 14.1% national figure. This group represents one of the most common family types here, alongside couples without children who also make up 35.5% of families.
35.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Staffordshire Reef splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (39%), with Couples with children at 21%.
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 Staffordshire Reef [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22348/staffordshire-reef/topic/family-households