2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wesburn · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wesburn
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical home in Wesburn, which is much higher than in most other areas. This trend is driven by a strong presence of families and a low number of people living on their own.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Wesburn — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 20.3% of residents live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. Larger households are common here, with 19.4% of homes housing four people and 7.8% housing five.
20.3% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wesburn, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57% of all families in the area. One-parent families account for 14.4%, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
14.4% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wesburn, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Wesburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22753/wesburn/topic/family-households