2.3 ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Horsham · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Horsham
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 33% of people in Horsham live alone, a figure well above the national average. This shift is part of a broader trend where home sizes have shrunk, with the typical number of people per house falling from 2.7 to 2.3 since 2011.
2.3
▼ -14.8%
- 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 Horsham — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
One-person households are common here, making up 33.6% of all homes. This is well above the 25.6% national figure and represents a 14 point increase since 2011.
33.6% ▲ +71.0%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Horsham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 16.2%. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and has risen slightly since 2011.
16.2% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Horsham, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; 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/ucl/UCL213007/horsham/topic/family-households