3.3 ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cardigan Village · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Cardigan Village
How families and households are made up across the area.
Among the highest for its size, Cardigan Village has larger households and far fewer people living alone than most similar areas. This is a place where 74% of families are couples with children, creating a strong family-focused environment.
3.3
▲ +13.8%
- 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 Cardigan Village — higher than 90% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure, with 3.3 people per home compared to the Australian average of 2.5. This trend has climbed since 2011 and helps explain why only 11.2% of residents live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
11.2% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cardigan Village splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 4 people (26%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in the area are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 10.2% of the total. This is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3% and has fallen by 2.9 points since 2011.
10.2% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cardigan Village, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 16%.
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 Cardigan Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221016/cardigan-village/topic/family-households