1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Phillip · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Port Phillip
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in Port Phillip since 2011, with 43.8% of homes now housing just one person. This trend has pushed the typical household size down to just 1.9 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Port Phillip — lower than 99% of areas.
| Port Phillip | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | 2.6 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 44% of residents live alone, a figure far above the national 25.6%. This high number of single-person homes explains why the area has some of the lowest occupancy rates in the region.
43.8% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Phillip, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.7% of families, while couples without children account for 41.5%. One-parent families make up 10.9% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
10.9% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Port Phillip splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 11%.
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 Port Phillip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25900/port-phillip/topic/family-households