East Warburton · Urban Centre

Family & Households in East Warburton

How families and households are made up across the area.

Well above the national figure, 30.3% of people in East Warburton live alone. This is a small area where households are often smaller than the state average, and there has been a notable increase in the number of one-parent families.

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📍 East Warburton, Urban Centre

Where East Warburton sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -4.2%
  • 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 East Warburton — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
East Warburton2.3
3799, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian average and has edged down since 2011. About 30.3% of households consist of one person, while 37.8% have two people.

2.3 ▼ -4.2%

Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.3% ▼ -1.2%

Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 30.6%
  • 2016: 14.0%
  • 2021: 30.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In East Warburton, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 18.4% of the area, a figure that is well above the Australian average and has risen by 8.9 percentage points since 2011. Other families are split almost evenly between couples with children (39.9%) and those without (40.8%).

18.4% ▲ +93.0%

Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 9.5%
  • 2016: 22.7%
  • 2021: 18.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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East Warburton splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (41%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 19%.

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 East Warburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222021/east-warburton/topic/family-households