3.0 ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sugarloaf Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sugarloaf Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-thirds of families in Sugarloaf Creek are couples with children, making it a place dominated by larger family groups. The area is far less likely to have people living alone compared to the rest of the state. This focus on family life is reflected in the typical home, which holds more people than those in most other areas.
3.0
▲ +15.4%
- 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 Sugarloaf Creek — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with an average of 3.0 people per household, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 5.6% of people live alone, a rate that is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
5.6% ▼ -59.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sugarloaf Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures are heavily weighted toward couples, with 66.2% having children and 28.8% without. Only 5.6% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
5.6% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sugarloaf Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Sugarloaf Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22387/sugarloaf-creek/topic/family-households