2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Swanpool · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Swanpool
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Swanpool, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with a high number of people living alone and smaller family units.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Swanpool — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of residents live alone, which is well above the 25.9% seen across Victoria. Two-person households are the most common, making up 45.1% of the area.
29.7% ▲ +43.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Swanpool, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.5% of the community, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. Most families here are couples, with 49.4% having children and 44% without.
6.5% ▲ +22.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Swanpool, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (43%) and One-parent families (6%).
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 Swanpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22410/swanpool/topic/family-households