The Honeysuckles · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in The Honeysuckles

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in The Honeysuckles than in the rest of Victoria. This area has a small typical household size of just 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. It is a place where single-person homes and couples without children are the most common living arrangements.

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📍 The Honeysuckles, Suburb / Locality

Where The Honeysuckles sits — Average household size

1.9 —
  • 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 Honeysuckles — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
The Honeysuckles1.9
3851, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 43.4% of people here live alone, a figure far above the Victorian average of 25.9%. This helps explain why the typical home is much smaller than most areas, with 60.4% of households containing only two people.

1.9 —

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.7
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

43.4% —

Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 33.3%
  • 2021: 43.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In The Honeysuckles, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 38%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the vast majority of families here at 78.3%. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas, accounting for only 6.0% compared to the national figure of 14.1%.

6.0% —

Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 6.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In The Honeysuckles, Couples without children is the majority at 73%; Couples with 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 The Honeysuckles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22500/the-honeysuckles/topic/family-households