Little Hampton · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Little Hampton

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all families in Little Hampton are couples with children. This is a small community where many people live alone, and the typical home holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure.

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📍 Little Hampton, Suburb / Locality

Where Little Hampton sits — Average household size

2.1 —
  • 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 Little Hampton — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Little Hampton2.1
3458, VIC 2.2
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 34.2% of residents live by themselves, a figure that is well above the state and national averages. Because of this, the number of people per home is much lower than in most other areas.

2.1 —

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.7
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

34.2% —

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 62.1%
  • 2021: 34.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Little Hampton, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 4 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up only 5.5% of the community, which is well below the national figure. Most families here are couples, split almost evenly between those with children (47.3%) and those without (45.5%).

5.5% —

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 5.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Little Hampton 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 Little Hampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21519/little-hampton/topic/family-households