2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
The Basin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in The Basin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in The Basin, where 62.7% of families are couples with children. This makes the area feel more family-oriented than most, as the number of people living alone is well below the national figure.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 The Basin — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in The Basin hold 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 19.5% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
19.5% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In The Basin, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 1 person (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 62.7% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.0%, which is a little below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
12.0% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In The Basin, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 The Basin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22496/the-basin/topic/family-households