Paradise Beach · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Paradise Beach

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Paradise Beach than in the rest of the state. This is a small community where just 1.6 people live in the typical home, a figure well below the national average.

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📍 Paradise Beach, Suburb / Locality

Where Paradise Beach sits — Average household size

1.6 —
  • 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 Paradise Beach — lower than 97% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Paradise Beach1.6
3851, VIC 2.3
Victoria 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Over half of all homes (50.5%) are occupied by just one person, which is far above the national figure. These small households mean that very few homes contain three or more people.

1.6 —

Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.6
  • 2021: 1.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

50.5% —

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 43.9%
  • 2021: 50.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Paradise Beach, 1 person is the majority at 53%; 2 people is next at 47%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 66.7%. One-parent families account for 13.5% of the total, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the Victorian average.

13.5% —

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 13.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Paradise Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 67%; Couples with children is next at 14%.

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 Paradise Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22034/paradise-beach/topic/family-households