2.3 —
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of people live alone in Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) compared to the rest of the country. This trend has grown since 2016, leaving the area with a typical household size of 2.3 people, which is lower than the national figure.
2.3
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- 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 Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) — lower than 86% of areas.
| Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Over 31% of residents live alone, a figure well above the Victorian average of 25.9%. This contributes to a smaller typical household size of 2.3 people, which has edged down since 2016.
31.3% —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children (60%) or couples without children (29.6%). One-parent families make up only 8.8% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
8.8% —
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Hawthorn (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23806/hawthorn/topic/family-households