2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Castlemaine · Urban Area
Family & Households in Castlemaine
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of households in Castlemaine are made up of just one person, which is far above the national figure. This has led to a small typical household size of 2.1 people, one of the lowest for areas of this type.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Castlemaine — lower than 99% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households now make up 35.9% of the area, a figure that has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the number of people per home is a little below the Victorian average of 2.5.
35.9% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 98% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Castlemaine splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17% of the total, which is well above the state average of 13.3%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 45.5%.
17.0% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 55% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Castlemaine, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Castlemaine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2005/castlemaine/topic/family-households