2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Vervale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Vervale
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of one-parent families than the state average defines Vervale. While most households fit a typical pattern, around 17.2% of families here are led by a single parent, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.5
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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 Vervale — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Vervale holds 2.5 people, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
Household size
View on map →In Vervale, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 3 people (29%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.2% of the area, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Other family types include couples without children, who make up the majority at 58.6%, and couples with children at 34.5%.
17.2% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Vervale, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 31%.
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 Vervale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22629/vervale/topic/family-households