2.2 ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Unincorporated Vic · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Unincorporated Vic
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families in Unincorporated Vic, accounting for 46.5% of the total. While many families live here, a high number of people live by themselves, making the area feel more solitary than most other places. The typical home is smaller than the state average, with only 2.2 people per dwelling.
2.2
▲ +15.8%
- 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 Unincorporated Vic — lower than 86% of areas.
| Unincorporated Vic | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 37.2% of people live alone, which is far above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size of 2.2 people is much lower than most other areas.
37.2% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Unincorporated Vic splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family types are varied, with couples without children making up 40.4% of the total. One-parent families account for 13.6%, a figure that is about the same as the national average and has barely changed since 2011.
13.6% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Unincorporated Vic, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (40%) 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 Unincorporated Vic [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA29399/unincorporated-vic/topic/family-households