2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Longford - Loch Sport · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Longford - Loch Sport
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Longford - Loch Sport are couples with children. This area has a high number of people living alone, and the typical home is smaller than the state and national figures.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Longford - Loch Sport — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31.3% of people here live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why there are only 2.2 people per home, which is much lower than most other areas.
31.3% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Longford - Loch Sport, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.2% of the total, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This proportion has also fallen since 2011.
9.2% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Longford - Loch Sport, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (42%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Longford - Loch Sport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205051100/longford-loch-sport/topic/family-households