Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Family & Households in Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan)

How families and households are made up across the area.

Forty-two per cent of people in Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan) live alone, which is far above the national figure. This creates a landscape of very small households, where the typical home holds fewer than two people.

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📍 Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan), State Electorate

Where Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan) sits — Average household size

1.9 ▼ -5.0%
  • 1.5: 1 area
  • 1.6: 0 areas
  • 1.7: 1 area
  • 1.8: 2 areas
  • 1.9: 3 areas
  • 2.0: 4 areas
  • 2.1: 7 areas
  • 2.2: 23 areas
  • 2.3: 65 areas
  • 2.4: 66 areas
  • 2.5: 72 areas
  • 2.6: 51 areas
  • 2.7: 44 areas
  • 2.8: 32 areas
  • 2.9: 28 areas
  • 3.0: 11 areas
  • 3.1: 10 areas
  • 3.2: 10 areas
  • 3.3: 2 areas
  • 3.4: 0 areas
  • 3.5: 1 area
  • 3.6: 0 areas
  • 3.7: 0 areas
  • 3.8: 0 areas
  • 3.9: 1 area
  • 4.0: 1 area
  • 4.1: 1 area

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan) — lower than 99% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan)1.9
Greater Melbourne 2.6
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 42.4% of people living alone—a figure that rose 5.5 points since 2011—Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan) has some of the smallest households in the region. The typical home has 1.9 people, which is well below the Australian figure of 2.5.

1.9 ▼ -5.0%

Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 1.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

42.4% ▲ +14.7%

Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 37.0%
  • 2016: 37.6%
  • 2021: 42.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 1 person (42%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 11%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest family group at 45.6%. One-parent families account for 10.5%, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure.

10.5% ▲ +2.6%

Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 10.2%
  • 2016: 9.8%
  • 2021: 10.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 10%.

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 Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20106/albert-park/topic/family-households