2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Orford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Orford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Orford have evolved over the last decade, resulting in a community where larger households are now the norm. The area is defined by a high proportion of families with children and very few people living by themselves.
2.7
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- 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 Orford — higher than 71% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Orford are more crowded than in most other areas, with 2.7 people per home. This is higher than the national figure of 2.5, and is mirrored by the fact that only 16.3% of people live alone, which is well below the Victorian average of 25.9%.
16.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Orford, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 60.8%. One-parent families represent 16.5% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Victorian average of 13.3%.
16.5% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Orford, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Orford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22015/orford/topic/family-households