2.6 ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Red Hill South · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Red Hill South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home is the main trend in Red Hill South, where the typical household size has edged down since 2011. Most homes are family-based, with 61.1% of families being couples with children. This area has a much lower rate of people living alone compared to most other places.
2.6
▼ -7.1%
- 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 Red Hill South — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.6 people, which is slightly more than the national figure of 2.5. Only 20.8% of residents live alone—a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
20.8% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Red Hill South, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area's families at 61.1%. One-parent families account for 11.8% of the total, which is a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
11.8% ▲ +25.6%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Red Hill South, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Red Hill South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222079/red-hill-south/topic/family-households