2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stawell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Stawell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 46% of families in Stawell are couples with children, making this the most common family type in the area. The town has a high number of people living alone and a larger share of single-parent families than most other similar places. These patterns mean the typical home in Stawell holds fewer people than the state average.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Stawell — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with the typical home holding 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure. This is driven by the fact that 35.4% of people live alone, a figure well above both the Victorian and Australian averages.
35.4% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Stawell splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.6% of the total, which is a little above the state and national figures and much higher than most similar areas. Other families consist mainly of couples, with 36.3% being couples without children.
15.6% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stawell, 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 Stawell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22354/stawell/topic/family-households