Sulky · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Sulky

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people are sharing homes in Sulky than in most other areas, with a typical household of 2.8 people. This creates a strong family focus for the area, where few people live alone compared to the rest of the country.

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Where Sulky sits — Average household size

2.8 → 0.0%
  • 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 Sulky — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Sulky2.8
3352, VIC 2.8
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, and only 16.7% of residents live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.8 → 0.0%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

16.7% ▼ -18.3%

Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.4%
  • 2016: 20.3%
  • 2021: 16.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Sulky, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 4 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families with couples and children make up a huge 62.4% of households, while one-parent families are much lower than most areas at just 5.0%.

5.0% ▼ -68.7%

Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.1%
  • 2016: 4.1%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Sulky, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 30%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Sulky [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22389/sulky/topic/family-households