2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Georges Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Georges Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Georges Creek, where only 2.3 people live in the typical home. This is lower than the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a local landscape dominated by couples and small family units.
2.3
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- 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 Georges Creek — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Over half of all homes house just two people, while 24.1% of residents live alone. This is a little below the Victorian figure of 25.9% for one-person households.
24.1% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Georges Creek, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 25%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life here is mostly centered on couples, with 48.4% having children and 46.8% without. Only 6.5% of families are headed by one parent, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
6.5% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Georges Creek splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (46%), with One-parent families at 6%.
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 Georges Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20982/georges-creek/topic/family-households