2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Gippsland · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in South Gippsland
How families and households are made up across the area.
South Gippsland fits right in the middle of similar regions for its family and home patterns. While most homes are typical in size, nearly 30% of the population lives alone, which is a much higher figure than across Victoria or the rest of the country.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 South Gippsland — lower than 71% of areas.
| South Gippsland | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of people live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits well above the national average of 25.6%. This contributes to the typical home having 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 2.5.
29.9% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Gippsland, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples with children, and 35.5% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 12.1% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.1% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Gippsland, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 South Gippsland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26170/south-gippsland/topic/family-households