2.1 —
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Otway · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Otway
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 35% of people live alone in Otway, a figure well above the national average. This trend means the area has much smaller households than most other parts of the country. While many homes are small, nearly 43% of families here are couples without children.
2.1
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- 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 Otway — lower than 89% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Otway houses 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, which make up 35.2% of the area.
35.2% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Otway, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 43.8%, followed closely by couples with children at 42.9%. One-parent families make up 12.5%, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
12.5% —
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Otway splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Otway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/217031476/otway/topic/family-households