2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Surf Coast · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Surf Coast
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Surf Coast compared to the state and national figures. This area is defined by a high proportion of families, with 61.5% of households consisting of couples with children.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Surf Coast — higher than 79% of areas.
| Surf Coast | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is much higher than in most other areas. Only 21.3% of residents live alone, a figure well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
21.3% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Surf Coast, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 8.8% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and has fallen since 2011.
8.8% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Surf Coast, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Surf Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26490/surf-coast/topic/family-households