2.4 —
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Preston (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Preston (Northern Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Preston than in most similar areas, with 30.6% of households being single-person homes. This shift towards smaller living arrangements means the typical home now holds 2.4 people, a figure that has edged down since 2016.
2.4
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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 Preston (Northern Metropolitan) — lower than 71% of areas.
| Preston (Northern Metropolitan) | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.6% of the population live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common at 32.7%, while those with five or more people make up only 4.4% of the area.
30.6% —
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Preston (Northern Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.4% of families here. One-parent families represent 15.2% of the total, which is a little above the Australian average of 14.1% and has remained steady since 2016.
15.2% —
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Preston (Northern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Preston (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26903/preston/topic/family-households