2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Winchelsea · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Winchelsea
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live in larger households in Winchelsea than in most similar areas. This is a community where families are the norm, with only 20.2% of homes occupied by a single person. This trend stands in stark contrast to the Victorian average, where one-quarter of all households consist of just one person.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Winchelsea — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.6 people, which is slightly more than the national figure of 2.5. While 37.2% of households contain two people, the number of people living alone is well below the state and national averages.
20.2% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Winchelsea, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of families at 59.9%. Meanwhile, the share of one-parent families is 10.3%, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.3% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Winchelsea, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Winchelsea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203011036/winchelsea/topic/family-households