2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Greater Geelong · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Greater Geelong
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Greater Geelong have remained remarkably steady over the last decade. The typical home now holds about 2.4 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This stability is seen across the region, where most households are headed by couples, either with or without children.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 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 Greater Geelong — lower than 57% of areas.
| Greater Geelong | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.7% of residents live alone, which is a little above the national figure. Two-person homes are the most common at 34.7%, while the typical household size is about the same as the Victorian average.
27.7% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Greater Geelong, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.6% of families. One-parent families represent 14.6% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas, though it fell 0.9 percentage points since 2011.
14.6% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Greater Geelong, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Greater Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22750/greater-geelong/topic/family-households