2.3 —
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Colac - Corangamite · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Colac - Corangamite
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over six percentage points more people live alone in Colac - Corangamite than in the national average. This creates a local housing pattern where small households are far more common than in other similar areas. Most homes here contain only one or two people.
2.3
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- 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 Colac - Corangamite — lower than 86% of areas.
| Colac - Corangamite | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.6% of people live alone, which is well above the Victorian figure of 25.9%. Because of this, the typical home holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
31.6% —
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Colac - Corangamite, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52% of families here, while couples without children account for 33.6%. One-parent families represent 13.2% of the total, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.2% —
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Colac - Corangamite, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Colac - Corangamite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21703/colac-corangamite/topic/family-households