2.6 ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Diggers Rest · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Diggers Rest
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 60% of families in Diggers Rest have children, marking it as a primary hub for family life. The area is defined by larger households and a much lower rate of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.6
▼ -10.3%
- 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 Diggers Rest — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas, though this has fallen from 2.9 in 2011. Only 21.4% of residents live alone, a figure well below the Victorian and national averages.
21.4% ▲ +24.5%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Diggers Rest, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.5% of all families, while couples without children account for 25.6%. One-parent families represent 12.8% of the total, a figure that is lower than most areas and has risen slightly since 2011.
12.8% ▲ +18.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Diggers Rest, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Diggers Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214007/diggers-rest/topic/family-households