2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wendouree - Miners Rest · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Wendouree - Miners Rest
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Wendouree - Miners Rest than in the rest of Victoria, with 33.6% of households consisting of just one person. This high number of single-person homes is part of a broader trend toward smaller households in the area. It also sees a much higher rate of one-parent families than the national average.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Wendouree - Miners Rest — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of single-person homes, which rose to 33.6% by 2021 and is now well above the Victorian average.
33.6% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wendouree - Miners Rest splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.0% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national average and among the highest for similar areas. Nearly half of all families are couples with children, while 28.2% are couples without children.
23.0% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wendouree - Miners Rest, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Wendouree - Miners Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201011008/wendouree-miners-rest/topic/family-households