2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gippsland · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Gippsland
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 30% of homes in Gippsland are occupied by a person living alone, which is well above the national figure. This shift toward smaller households means the typical home now holds fewer people than it did a decade ago. It reflects a landscape where single-person living is much more common than in most other areas.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Gippsland — lower than 86% of areas.
| Gippsland | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures. This decline is driven by a rise in people living alone, a group that now makes up 30.7% of all households.
30.7% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gippsland, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.4% of the total, which is a little above the Australian average. This figure has risen by 4.9 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 49.4%.
15.4% ▲ +47.4%
Higher than 65% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gippsland, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (15%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Gippsland
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Gippsland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED216/gippsland/topic/family-households