2.0 ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ultima · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ultima
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Ultima are now occupied by just one person. This is a very high proportion compared to the rest of the country, contributing to a typical household size of only two people, which is well below the national figure.
2.0
▼ -25.9%
- 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 Ultima — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Over half of residents (51.5%) live alone, a figure far above the Victorian average of 25.9%. Because so many people live by themselves, the typical home in Ultima holds only 2.0 people, well below the Australian figure of 2.5.
51.5% ▲ +97.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ultima, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.8% of the community, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Half of all families here are couples with children, while 35.4% are couples without children.
18.8% ▲ +60.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ultima, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Ultima [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22608/ultima/topic/family-households