2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pyrenees · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Pyrenees
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller living arrangements define daily life in Pyrenees, where the typical home holds just 2.2 people. This is much lower than most similar areas, reflecting a high number of single-person households and couples without children.
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 Pyrenees — lower than 86% of areas.
| Pyrenees | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.5% of people here live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This explains why homes are smaller than usual, with two-person households being the most common at 40.7%.
31.5% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pyrenees, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.4% of families, while 39.1% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.7%, a figure that is about the same as the national average and has risen slightly since 2011.
13.7% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pyrenees, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (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 Pyrenees [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25990/pyrenees/topic/family-households