2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leongatha South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Leongatha South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Leongatha South, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a community where family living is common, meaning far fewer people live by themselves compared to the rest of the state.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Leongatha South — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
With a typical size of 2.8 people, homes here are a little larger than the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. Only 19.2% of people live alone, which is well below the national rate of 25.6%.
19.2% ▲ +21.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Leongatha South, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is centered on couples with children, who make up 61.8% of households. One-parent families account for 9.0%, a figure well below both the Victorian and Australian averages.
9.0% ▲ +55.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Leongatha South, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Leongatha South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21492/leongatha-south/topic/family-households