Underbool · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Underbool

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small home sizes and a high number of single residents define daily life in Underbool. The area is much more likely to have people living alone than most other places, with 33.3% of households consisting of just one person.

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📍 Underbool, Suburb / Locality

Where Underbool sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -8.7%
  • 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 Underbool — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Underbool2.1
3509, VIC 2.1
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Underbool is smaller than those in the rest of the country, with just 2.1 people per home. This is a little below the national figure of 2.5, and nearly half of all households contain only two people.

2.1 ▼ -8.7%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.3% ▲ +36.7%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.4%
  • 2016: 32.6%
  • 2021: 33.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Underbool, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group at 44.6%, while couples with children follow closely at 43.3%. One-parent families account for 14.0% of the total, which is higher than in most areas.

14.0% ▲ +8.3%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.9%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 14.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Underbool splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 14%.

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 Underbool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22612/underbool/topic/family-households