3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Little River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Little River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Little River, where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is a family-focused community with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
3.0
▲ +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 Little River — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than average, with 3.0 people per household compared to 2.5 across Australia. Only 15.8% of people live alone, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.9%.
15.8% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Little River, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 66.5% of the area. One-parent families account for 11.9% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
11.9% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Little River, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21520/little-river/topic/family-households