2.7 ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wemen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wemen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Roughly 66% of families in Wemen are couples with children, making it a place where family units are common. This community sees far fewer people living alone than the state or national figures, with most households consisting of two or more people.
2.7
▲ +8.0%
- 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 Wemen — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Wemen has 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 20% of people live alone, a figure well below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
20.0% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wemen, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (15%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life in Wemen is dominated by couples, while one-parent families make up only 6.9% of the total. This is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
6.9% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wemen, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Wemen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22744/wemen/topic/family-households