Halls Gap · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Halls Gap

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Halls Gap than in the typical Victorian home. This trend helps explain why the area has a much lower number of people per household than the state or national figures. Only 2 people typically live in each home here.

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📍 Halls Gap, Suburb / Locality

Where Halls Gap sits — Average household size

2.0 ▼ -13.0%
  • 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 Halls Gap — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Halls Gap2.0
3381, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is common in Halls Gap, with 37.5% of households made up of one person, which is far above the 25.6% national figure. This is consistent with the fact that the area has well fewer people per home than the state average.

2.0 ▼ -13.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

37.5% ▲ +45.4%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.8%
  • 2016: 28.3%
  • 2021: 37.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Halls Gap splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (38%), with 4 people at 10%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 44.9% of families, while couples without children account for 40.4%. One-parent families represent 10.9% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.

10.9% ▼ -9.2%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.0%
  • 2016: 11.3%
  • 2021: 10.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Halls Gap splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 11%.

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 Halls Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21127/halls-gap/topic/family-households