Taylors Lakes · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Taylors Lakes

How families and households are made up across the area.

Three people per home is the typical experience in Taylors Lakes, which is higher than the state and national figures. This is a place where few people live alone, and the vast majority of households are made up of families.

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📍 Taylors Lakes, Suburb / Locality

Where Taylors Lakes sits — Average household size

3.0 ▼ -9.1%
  • 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 Taylors Lakes — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Taylors Lakes3.0
3038, VIC 2.9
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 3.0 people per home, household sizes are much higher than in most areas. Only 13.6% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.

3.0 ▼ -9.1%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.3
  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.6% ▲ +26.2%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.8%
  • 2016: 11.7%
  • 2021: 13.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Taylors Lakes, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (20%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families here are couples with children, making up 67.9% of the total. One-parent families account for 10.5%, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.

10.5% ▲ +9.2%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.7%
  • 2016: 9.6%
  • 2021: 10.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Taylors Lakes, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 21%.

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 Taylors Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22474/taylors-lakes/topic/family-households