2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula are couples with children. This area has a strong family focus, with a much lower share of one-parent families than most similar regions. The typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is the same as the national figure.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula — higher than 57% of areas.
| Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 39.1% of all households. Only 23.6% of people live alone, which is a little below the national figure and has remained steady since 2011.
23.6% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children form the largest family group at 55.9%, while couples without children account for 32.7%. One-parent families make up 10.7% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average and has fallen since 2011.
10.7% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20303/surf-coast-bellarine-peninsula/topic/family-households