2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Girgarre · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Girgarre
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Girgarre than in the typical Victorian town. While most households are small, over half of the local families are couples raising children. This creates a distinct mix of single-person homes and family units across the area.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Girgarre — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 31.3% of people here live alone, which is well above the state and national figures. Most homes are small, with 36.4% housing two people and 31.3% housing just one.
31.3% ▲ +43.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Girgarre, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.6% of families, while 32.5% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 15.0% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
15.0% ▲ +57.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Girgarre, 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 Girgarre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20999/girgarre/topic/family-households