2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Omeo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Omeo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Omeo are couples without children. This trend contributes to a very small typical household size of just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Omeo — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small homes are common here, with 37.5% of people living alone—a figure far above the Victorian and national rates. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.0 people, which is much lower than most areas.
37.5% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Omeo, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (37%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 49.8% of families, while 36.7% are couples with children. One-parent families account for 12.7%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the state average.
12.7% ▼ -29.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Omeo, Couples without children is the majority at 50%; Couples with children is next at 37%.
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 Omeo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22011/omeo/topic/family-households