2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Strathdownie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Strathdownie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Strathdownie than in most similar areas. This is a place where larger households are the norm, and the vast majority of families are couples with children.
2.7
▲ +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 Strathdownie — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 16.9% of households consist of one person, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
16.9% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Strathdownie, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 5 people (22%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are very common here, making up 63% of the total. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 4.8%, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
4.8% ▲ +55.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Strathdownie, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Strathdownie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22374/strathdownie/topic/family-households