2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Upper Lurg · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Upper Lurg
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in Upper Lurg are couples without children, reflecting a shift toward smaller households. This is a quiet residential area where most homes are occupied by just two people, and single-parent families are much rarer than in the rest of the state.
2.4
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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 Upper Lurg — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. However, only 21.7% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
21.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Upper Lurg, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 4.4% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%. Nearly half of all families here are couples without children, with 46.2% being couples with children.
4.4% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Upper Lurg splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (49%) and Couples with children (47%), with One-parent families at 4%.
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 Upper Lurg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22616/upper-lurg/topic/family-households