2.8 ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Steels Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Steels Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Steels Creek compared to the rest of the state. This is a place where large households are the norm, with a typical home holding 2.8 people.
2.8
▲ +16.7%
- 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 Steels Creek — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here are quite full, with 31.4% holding two people and 12.8% holding five. Only 11.6% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.9% seen across Victoria.
11.6% ▼ -46.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Steels Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (24%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is very common here, as couples with children make up 67.1% of the mix. Only 7.6% of families are one-parent homes, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
7.6% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Steels Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Steels Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22355/steels-creek/topic/family-households