2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Westmere · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Westmere
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 43% of people live alone in Westmere, which is far above the national figure. This creates a unique mix where many residents live solo, though the area also has a high proportion of couples with children.
2.3
—
- 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 Westmere — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Westmere holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures. This lower number is driven by the fact that 42.9% of households are just one person, among the highest rates for this kind of area.
42.9% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Westmere, the largest group is 1 person at 35%, followed by 2 people (23%) and 5 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 80.6% of the local mix. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent only 8.3% of households, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
8.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Westmere, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Westmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22762/westmere/topic/family-households