3.1 —
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sydenham (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Sydenham (Western Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 3 people typically live in Sydenham homes, which is among the highest rates for this kind of area. This makes it a place where large households are common and living alone is relatively rare. Most residents live as part of a family unit, with over 70% of families being couples with children.
3.1
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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 Sydenham (Western Metropolitan) — higher than 95% of areas.
| Sydenham (Western Metropolitan) | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home is 3.1, a little above the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. This trend is consistent with the fact that only 14% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
14.0% —
Lower than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sydenham (Western Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 4 people (25%) and 2 people (25%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 70.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.7%, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
12.7% —
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sydenham (Western Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Sydenham (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28007/sydenham/topic/family-households