2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Timor West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Timor West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly one in five families in Timor West are led by a single parent, which is much higher than most similar areas. This reflects a community where a large proportion of households are managing the challenges of single-parenting while maintaining larger home sizes than is typical across the country.
2.7
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- 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 Timor West — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Timor West typically hold 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →Timor West splits fairly evenly between 3 people (50%) and 4 people (50%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19% of the total, a figure well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. Other family types include couples with children, who make up 47.6% of the area, and couples without children at 23.8%.
19.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Timor West, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Timor West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22520/timor-west/topic/family-households