2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gippsland - East · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Gippsland - East
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of households in Gippsland - East are made up of just one person, which is much higher than most other areas. This contributes to a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the state and country. While families with children remain common, there is a growing number of people living alone.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Gippsland - East — lower than 89% of areas.
| Gippsland - East | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure and has edged down since 2011. This is partly because people living alone now make up 31.4% of households, a figure that is well above the Victorian average.
31.4% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gippsland - East, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45% of families, while couples without children account for 40.2%. One-parent families represent 14% of the total, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
14.0% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Gippsland - East splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Gippsland - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20502/gippsland-east/topic/family-households