2.5 ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Longwarry · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Longwarry
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Longwarry consist of couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area has seen a shift toward larger living arrangements, with the typical home now holding 2.5 people.
2.5
▲ +25.0%
- 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 Longwarry — higher than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most similar areas, with the typical household size rising from 2.0 to 2.5 people since 2011. Meanwhile, the share of people living alone has fallen sharply from 40.1% to 27.5% over the last decade.
27.5% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Longwarry splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.4% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This represents a rise of 4.7 percentage points since 2011, placing Longwarry much higher than most similar areas.
21.4% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Longwarry, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 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 Longwarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215048/longwarry/topic/family-households