2.9 —
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Family & Households in Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 3 people live in the typical home in Thomastown, which is among the highest rates for this area type. This reflects a community where large households are common and people living alone are far less frequent than in the rest of the country.
2.9
—
- 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 Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan) — higher than 86% of areas.
| Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan) | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household compared to 2.5 nationally. Only 19.5% of people live alone, a figure well below both the state and national averages, though this has risen slightly since 2016.
19.5% —
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 64.0%. One-parent families account for 15.0% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian average.
15.0% —
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan), Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Thomastown (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28203/thomastown/topic/family-households