2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sunbury · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Sunbury
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Sunbury, where an average of 2.6 people live in each home. This is higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where few people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Sunbury — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Only 22.1% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the Victorian average and has fallen since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common at 32.4%, while households with four or more people make up about a quarter of the area.
22.1% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sunbury, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families here at 61.1%. One-parent families account for 14.7% of the total, which is a little above the state figure and slightly lower than it was in 2011.
14.7% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sunbury, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Sunbury
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Sunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212006/sunbury/topic/family-households