2.6 ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whittlesea · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Whittlesea
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the biggest group in Whittlesea, where nearly 60% of families fit this description. This family-focused area has seen the number of people living in each home climb to 2.6 since 2011. It is a place where larger households are more common than in most other areas.
2.6
▲ +13.0%
- 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 Whittlesea — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Fewer people live alone compared to other regions, a trend that has dropped 5.5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 24.7%.
24.7% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whittlesea, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.6% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 4.1 percentage points over the last decade.
17.6% ▲ +30.1%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whittlesea, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Whittlesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214021/whittlesea/topic/family-households