2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Warrnambool and South West · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Warrnambool and South West
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Warrnambool and South West than in 2011, with this group now making up 30.8% of all households. This shift helps explain why the typical home in the area now holds just 2.3 people, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 18 areas
- 2.4: 20 areas
- 2.5: 18 areas
- 2.6: 11 areas
- 2.7: 7 areas
- 2.8: 5 areas
- 2.9: 4 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 3 areas
- 3.2: 1 area
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Warrnambool and South West — lower than 86% of areas.
| Warrnambool and South West | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Vic. | 2.4 |
| Victoria | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, as 30.8% of households consist of one person. This is well above the 25.6% national figure and has risen since 2011.
30.8% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Warrnambool and South West, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.3% of families, while couples without children account for 32.9%. One-parent families make up 13.7%, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is about the same as the state and national figures.
13.7% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 63% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Warrnambool and South West, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; 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 Warrnambool and South West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/217/warrnambool-and-south-west/topic/family-households