2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Westmeadows · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Westmeadows
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Westmeadows include children, making it a primary hub for parents. The area's family structure is notably distinct, with a much higher share of single-parent homes than is common across Australia.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Westmeadows — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Westmeadows house two people, while 25.7% of residents live alone. With an average of 2.5 people per home, the typical household size is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
25.7% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Westmeadows, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.9% of families here. Notably, one-parent families account for 19.9% of the total, which is well above the state figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
19.9% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Westmeadows, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Westmeadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22761/westmeadows/topic/family-households