2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Franklin · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Franklin
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-parent homes shapes daily life in Franklin, where 23.4% of families are led by one parent. This is well above the national figure and represents a significant shift for the area over the last decade.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Franklin — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Franklin holds 2.4 people, which is higher than most similar areas. Since 2011, the number of people living alone has jumped 17 percentage points to 29.5%, a figure well above the Australian average.
29.5% ▲ +144.6%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Franklin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 23.4% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most areas and has risen 20 points since 2011. Almost half of all families here are couples with children.
23.4% ▲ +505.1%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Franklin, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Franklin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622010/franklin/topic/family-households