2.3 —
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northcote (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Northcote (Northern Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Northcote than in most similar areas, with 32.3% of households consisting of just one person. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a much lower typical household size than other parts of the city.
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 Northcote (Northern Metropolitan) — lower than 86% of areas.
| Northcote (Northern Metropolitan) | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Northcote has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a trend where the number of people living alone has risen to 32.3% since 2016.
32.3% —
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Northcote (Northern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.6% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
11.0% —
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northcote (Northern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Northcote (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26303/northcote/topic/family-households