2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Greta · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Greta
How families and households are made up across the area.
Typical family and household patterns in Greta align closely with both state and national trends. Most homes here are headed by couples, and the usual household size mirrors the broader figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.5
—
- 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 Greta — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 2.5 people live in the typical home, which is about the same as the state and national figures. One quarter of households consist of a single person living alone.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Greta, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.3% of families, while one-parent families account for 10.5%. This last figure is well below the national average of 14.1%.
10.5% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Greta, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; 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 Greta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21108/greta/topic/family-households