2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Avoca · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Avoca
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Avoca than in most other areas. This trend makes the typical home in Avoca smaller than the state or national figure, with only 2.2 people per household.
2.2
→ 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 Avoca — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 33.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9% and has risen since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 41.6% of all households.
33.4% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Avoca, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.9% of families, while those without children account for 41.3%. One-parent families represent 12.9% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state average.
12.9% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Avoca splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201031013/avoca/topic/family-households