2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Strathdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Strathdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people living on their own than the state average is a key feature of life in Strathdale. This shift towards smaller households means the typical home here holds just 2.3 people, which is lower than most other areas across Australia.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Strathdale — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30.3% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national rate of 25.6%. This helps explain why the usual household size is smaller than the Victorian average, with two-person homes being the most common at 36.7%.
30.3% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Strathdale, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 51.9%. One-parent families account for 14.7% of the total, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
14.7% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Strathdale, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Strathdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22373/strathdale/topic/family-households