2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Trafalgar · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-parent families set Trafalgar apart from most similar areas. While the typical home size matches the rest of the country, a larger than usual share of residents here live on their own.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Trafalgar — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
About 28.3% of people in Trafalgar live alone, which is a little above the 25.9% seen across Victoria. The typical home holds 2.4 people, a figure that is about the same as the national average of 2.5.
2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
28.3% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Trafalgar, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.2% of the local total, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. Couples with children are the most common family type here, accounting for 53.4% of all families.
17.2% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Trafalgar, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Trafalgar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22565/trafalgar/topic/family-households