2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Gippsland · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in East Gippsland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in East Gippsland than in most similar areas, with 31.4% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown since 2011 and contributes to a smaller typical household size than the state average.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is East Gippsland — lower than 86% of areas.
| East Gippsland | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in East Gippsland holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. Two-person households are the most common at 41%, while the share of people living alone has risen to 31.4%.
31.4% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In East Gippsland, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.9% of families here, while 40.1% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 14.1%, a figure that is about the same as the Victorian and national averages.
14.1% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →East Gippsland splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Gippsland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22110/east-gippsland/topic/family-households