2.5 —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ocean Grove · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 59% of families in Ocean Grove are couples with children, making this the most common household type. It is an area where few people live alone and one-parent families are much less common than across the rest of the country.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Ocean Grove — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home in Ocean Grove has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Only 22.4% of households are people living alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
2.5 —
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
22.4% —
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Ocean Grove, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (18%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 58.9%, while 30% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 10.6%, which is a little below the Victorian average and well below the Australian figure.
10.6% —
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Ocean Grove, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Ocean Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203031490/ocean-grove/topic/family-households