2.3 ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Churchill · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Churchill
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Churchill than in most similar areas. This community has a distinctive family makeup, with nearly a quarter of families led by a single parent, a figure far above the national average.
2.3
▲ +15.0%
- 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 Churchill — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Churchill house two people, and the typical number of people per home has risen to 2.3 since 2011. While 29.3% of residents live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure, this is a 12 point drop from a decade ago.
29.3% ▼ -28.8%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Churchill, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.4% of the local total, a figure that has risen 12 points since 2011 and is far above the 14.1% national average. Couples with children are the most common family type at 44.8%.
24.4% ▲ +89.6%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Churchill, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 Churchill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215022/churchill/topic/family-households