2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Footscray · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Footscray
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people now live alone in West Footscray than in previous years, with 29% of households consisting of just one person. This is a high figure that sits well above both the Victorian and national averages. While most homes still house families, there is a growing trend towards smaller living arrangements in the area.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 West Footscray — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in West Footscray has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. However, 29% of households are single-person homes, a rate that is well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
29.0% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Footscray splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57.8%, while 12.8% of families are led by one parent. This proportion of single-parent families is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains a little below the national average.
12.8% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Footscray, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 West Footscray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22756/west-footscray/topic/family-households