2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Horsham · Urban Area
Family & Households in Horsham
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three in ten people live alone in Horsham, creating a community where single-person households are much more common than in most other areas. While the typical home is smaller than the national average, the area remains a primary hub for families with children.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Horsham — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 32.7% of the area, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This contributes to a lower typical household size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 2.5.
32.7% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 85% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Horsham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.7% of families in Horsham. One-parent families account for 15.7%, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and has remained steady since 2011.
15.7% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 61% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Horsham, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2010/horsham/topic/family-households