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.
Northern Grampians · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Northern Grampians
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have been living on their own in Northern Grampians since 2011, which has helped push the typical household size down. Over a decade, the share of single-person homes rose by 4.6 points to 35.2%. This trend means homes here are smaller than the state and national 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 Northern Grampians — lower than 86% of areas.
| Northern Grampians | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Northern Grampians holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that 35.2% of residents live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
35.2% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Northern Grampians splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families here are couples with children, while couples without children make up 36.8%. One-parent families account for 13.5%, a figure that is about the same as the Victorian average.
13.5% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northern Grampians, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Northern Grampians [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25810/northern-grampians/topic/family-households