2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Portarlington · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Portarlington
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people in Portarlington live alone, which is well above the national figure. This helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.1 people, making it much lower than most other areas. Overall, the area is defined by smaller households and a high number of couples without children.
2.1
→ 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 Portarlington — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31% of residents live by themselves, a rate well above the Victorian average of 25.9%. Consequently, the typical home size of 2.1 people is a little below the national figure and has barely changed since 2011.
31.0% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Portarlington, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families here at 50.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.3%, which is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
11.3% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Portarlington, Couples without children is the majority at 50%; Couples with children is next at 37%.
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 Portarlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203031051/portarlington/topic/family-households