2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Longford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Longford
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Longford than in most similar areas. This high rate of single-person households contributes to a typical home size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Longford — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of people here live alone, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 39.1% of all homes.
29.9% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Longford, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.1% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the largest group at 46.9%.
17.1% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Longford, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Longford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60350/longford/topic/family-households