2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sunbury · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sunbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Sunbury than in the rest of Victoria, where the rate is 4 percentage points higher. This shift towards larger living arrangements is seen in the typical home, which holds 2.6 people. Most households here are family-based and often include children.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Sunbury — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes hold 2.6 people, which is slightly more than the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 21.9% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
21.9% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sunbury, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 61.1%. One-parent families account for 14.6% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
14.6% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sunbury, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Sunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22391/sunbury/topic/family-households