2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Altona (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Altona (Western Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical home in Altona (Western Metropolitan), which is more than the national figure. This is a place where few people live alone and the vast majority of households are families, with couples with children making up the largest group.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 Altona (Western Metropolitan) — higher than 86% of areas.
| Altona (Western Metropolitan) | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, household sizes here are among the highest for similar areas and have barely changed since 2011. This is reflected in the fact that only 18.2% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average.
18.2% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Altona (Western Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (23%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 68.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 12.1% of the total, which is a little below the state and national figures.
12.1% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Altona (Western Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Altona (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20207/altona/topic/family-households