Corio · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Corio

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more one-parent families live in Corio than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, the area has a high number of single-person households and a very high proportion of single parents compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Corio, Suburb / Locality

Where Corio sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -3.8%
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Corio — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Corio2.5
3214, VIC 2.4
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 28.6% of people in Corio live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 31.8% of all households.

2.5 ▼ -3.8%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.6% ▲ +13.7%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.2%
  • 2016: 28.3%
  • 2021: 28.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Corio splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 18%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 28.4% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are the largest group at 48%.

28.4% ▲ +5.4%

Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 27.0%
  • 2016: 28.7%
  • 2021: 28.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Corio, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by One-parent families (28%) and Couples without children (22%).

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 Corio [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20640/corio/topic/family-households