2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Loddon · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Loddon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of people living alone than most similar areas mark the domestic landscape of Loddon. The area is home to a high proportion of small households, with the typical home containing only 2.2 people.
2.2
→ 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 Loddon — lower than 86% of areas.
| Loddon | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One in three residents (33.5%) lives alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why Loddon has fewer people per home than most other areas.
33.5% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Loddon, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 49.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.7%, which is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
11.7% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Loddon, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Loddon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23940/loddon/topic/family-households