2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Greta West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Greta West
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much lower rate of one-parent families marks the family landscape in Greta West, where only 5.3% of households fall into this category. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%. The area is largely made up of couples, with a typical home holding slightly fewer people than the state average.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 Greta West — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Greta West typically hold 2.2 people, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian average of 2.5. Two-person households are the most common at 43.9%, while 22.7% of residents live alone.
22.7% ▲ +78.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Greta West, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with those with children at 43.9% and those without at 42.1%. The 5.3% of one-parent families is much lower than most similar areas and well below the state average of 13.3%.
5.3% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Greta West 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 Greta West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21110/greta-west/topic/family-households