3.5 ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hopetoun Park · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Hopetoun Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 79.3% of families in Hopetoun Park, making it a primary hub for larger households. The area is dominated by family living, with a very low number of people living alone. This shift towards bigger family groups has seen the typical number of people in each home rise to 3.5.
3.5
▲ +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 Hopetoun Park — higher than 92% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure, with 3.5 people per household. This trend has grown since 2011, while the share of people living alone has fallen to just 7.9%, which is far below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
7.9% ▼ -54.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hopetoun Park, the largest group is 4 people at 29%, followed by 2 people (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 4.0% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. Most families are couples with children, who account for nearly 80% of the local family mix.
4.0% ▼ -40.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hopetoun Park, Couples with children is the majority at 79%; 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 Hopetoun Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221034/hopetoun-park/topic/family-households