2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Girgarre East · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Girgarre East are couples with children, making up 55.4% of the local total. This is a predominantly family-oriented area where most households consist of two or more people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Girgarre East — lower than 57% of areas.
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia. However, 27.7% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure.
2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
27.7% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Girgarre East, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (14%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.9% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 36.6% having no children.
8.9% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Girgarre East, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Girgarre East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21000/girgarre-east/topic/family-households