2.7 —
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Albans (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in St Albans (Western Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define St Albans, where an average of 2.7 people live in each home. Family life is central here, with over half of all homes housing couples with children.
2.7
—
- 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 St Albans (Western Metropolitan) — higher than 71% of areas.
| St Albans (Western Metropolitan) | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in St Albans hold 2.7 people, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. Only 23.9% of residents live alone, a figure that is lower than the Victorian average despite rising slightly since 2016.
23.9% —
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In St Albans (Western Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.9% of the total, which is among the highest for this type of area and well above the national figure of 14.1%. Over half of all families are couples with children, accounting for 55.3% of the total.
20.9% —
Higher than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Albans (Western Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 St Albans (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27807/st-albans/topic/family-households