2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paynesville · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Paynesville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people share a home in Paynesville than in most other areas, with the typical household containing just 2.1 people. This is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5 and reflects a trend of smaller households over the last decade.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Paynesville — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Half of all households consist of two people, while only 9.4% contain three people.
29.7% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Paynesville, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families here, at 54.2%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.6%, which is lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.6% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Paynesville, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
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 Paynesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205021086/paynesville/topic/family-households