2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Vermont South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Vermont South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Vermont South, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a family-heavy area with very few people living alone compared to other parts of the country.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Vermont South — higher than 79% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with a typical size of 2.8 people, though this has edged down slightly since 2011. Only 16.7% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
16.7% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Vermont South, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 62.3%. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas, accounting for just 10.2% of the total.
10.2% ▲ +20.3%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Vermont South, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Vermont South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211041273/vermont-south/topic/family-households