2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Strathmore Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Strathmore Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63.0% of the family types in Strathmore Heights, making it a strong hub for families. This reflects a broader trend where homes are larger than usual and far fewer people live on their own.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Strathmore Heights — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With 2.8 people per home, households here are a little larger than the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that only 16.5% of people live alone, which is well below the national average of 25.6%.
16.5% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Strathmore Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.8% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national rate of 14.1%.
13.8% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Strathmore Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Strathmore Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22381/strathmore-heights/topic/family-households