2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Williamstown North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Williamstown North
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Williamstown North compared to the rest of the country. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than the national figure, with just 2.3 people per home.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Williamstown North — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 33.4% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. This explains why home sizes are a little below the Victorian and Australian average of 2.5 people.
33.4% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Williamstown North splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (31%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 60.7% of the total. One-parent families account for 11.7%, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.7% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Williamstown North, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; 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 Williamstown North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22793/williamstown-north/topic/family-households