2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glenelg - Southern Grampians · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Glenelg - Southern Grampians
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Glenelg - Southern Grampians compared to the rest of the state. This trend has contributed to smaller households, with the typical home now holding just 2.2 people.
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 Glenelg - Southern Grampians — lower than 89% of areas.
| Glenelg - Southern Grampians | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.7% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This is much higher than most similar areas, and the number of people per home has edged down since 2011.
32.7% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Glenelg - Southern Grampians splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families here are couples with children, while 35.9% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 13.7% of the total, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
13.7% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glenelg - Southern Grampians, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (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 Glenelg - Southern Grampians [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21701/glenelg-southern-grampians/topic/family-households