2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stewarton · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of people in Stewarton live on their own, which is far more common than in most other parts of the country. This creates a local landscape where single-person homes are a dominant feature of daily life.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Stewarton — higher than 50% of areas.
Average household size.
About 39.5% of households consist of just one person, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. Despite this, the typical home size of 2.5 people remains about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
39.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Stewarton, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 4 people (17%).
Family types and one-parent families.
There are no one-parent families in the area, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples with children (68%) or couples without children (36%).
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Stewarton, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Stewarton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22357/stewarton/topic/family-households