2.4 —
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sandringham (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Sandringham (Southern Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of residents in Sandringham live alone, contributing to a local feel where smaller households are common. While the area is mostly made up of families, there is a notable presence of single-person homes and a very low rate of one-parent families.
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 Sandringham (Southern Metropolitan) — lower than 71% of areas.
| Sandringham (Southern Metropolitan) | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Sandringham has 2.4 people, which is lower than most areas and has edged down since 2016. This is partly because 28.4% of people live alone, a figure slightly above the national average.
28.4% —
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sandringham (Southern Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.5% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 10.2%, which is well below both the Victorian and Australian figures.
10.2% —
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sandringham (Southern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Sandringham (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27406/sandringham/topic/family-households