3.2 —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sutherlands Creek · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A massive gap exists between Sutherlands Creek and the rest of the country, with typical homes holding 3.2 people compared to the national figure of 2.5. This sparsely populated area is dominated by large family groups and has no single-person households.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Sutherlands Creek — higher than 89% of areas.
Average household size.
With no one living alone, homes here are much larger than those in Victoria. About 35% of households contain two people, while 13.5% have five people.
3.2 —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Sutherlands Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 3 people (29%) and 5 people (16%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 75.9% of families in the area. This helps explain why one-parent families are much lower here at 3.6% compared to 14.1% across Australia.
3.6% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Sutherlands Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 78%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Sutherlands Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22401/sutherlands-creek/topic/family-households