3.3 ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Narre Warren South (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Narre Warren South (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are a defining feature of Narre Warren South, where 3.3 people live in the typical household. This is well above the national figure of 2.5 and reflects a significant shift toward larger living arrangements over the last decade.
3.3
▲ +22.2%
- 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 Narre Warren South (South-Eastern Metropolitan) — higher than 99% of areas.
| Narre Warren South (South-Eastern Metropolitan) | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With far fewer people living alone than the Victorian average, homes here are often full; 24.3% of households contain four people. The number of single-person homes has dropped sharply since 2011, falling by 8.4 percentage points to just 12.5%.
12.5% ▼ -40.3%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Narre Warren South (South-Eastern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 4 people (24%) and 2 people (24%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, who make up 71.7% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.8%, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
12.8% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Narre Warren South (South-Eastern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 15%.
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 Narre Warren South (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26005/narre-warren-south/topic/family-households