2.3 ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Geelong · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in North Geelong
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 32% of homes in North Geelong are occupied by just one person, a figure well above the national average. This high number of single-person households means the area has a much smaller typical home size than most other parts of the country.
2.3
▲ +9.5%
- 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 North Geelong — lower than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures of 2.5. This trend is driven by the fact that 32.9% of residents live alone, a rate well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
32.9% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →North Geelong splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.9% of the local mix, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most other families are couples with children, who account for 55.1% of the total.
18.9% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Geelong, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 North Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21965/north-geelong/topic/family-households