2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sawmill Settlement · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Sawmill Settlement
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 60.6% of families in Sawmill Settlement, the largest household group in the area. While many families live here, the community also has a high number of people living on their own. The typical home is smaller than the national average, with just 2.1 people per household.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 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 Sawmill Settlement — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 34% of residents live alone, which is well above the Victorian and national figures. This contributes to a typical household size of 2.1 people, slightly lower than the national average of 2.5.
34.0% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sawmill Settlement, the largest group is 1 person at 39%, followed by 2 people (26%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Only 7.3% of families are headed by a single parent, a figure that is well below the state and national averages. This is a significant drop from 2011, when one-parent families made up 25.8% of the local total.
7.3% ▼ -71.7%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sawmill Settlement, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Sawmill Settlement [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222082/sawmill-settlement/topic/family-households