2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Queenscliffe · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Queenscliffe
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in Queenscliffe than they were in 2011. This shift is reflected in the high number of people living alone, with 33.7% of households consisting of just one person. Overall, the area is defined by smaller living arrangements compared to both the state and national figures.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Queenscliffe — lower than 95% of areas.
| Queenscliffe | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are much smaller than across Australia, with just 2.0 people per home. This is among the lowest figures for similar areas and is well below the national average of 2.5.
33.7% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Queenscliffe, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families at 51.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 8.3% of the total, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
8.3% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Queenscliffe, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 40%.
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 Queenscliffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26080/queenscliffe/topic/family-households