2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paynesville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Paynesville
How families and households are made up across the area.
A small typical household size of 2.0 people sets Paynesville apart from the rest of the state. This is a place where many residents live independently, with a significant number of people living alone compared to the national average.
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 Paynesville — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Far more people live alone here than in most other areas, making up 34.0% of households. This helps explain why the typical home in Paynesville holds only 2.0 people, which is well below the Victorian figure of 2.5.
34.0% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Paynesville, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 55.3%. One-parent families represent 12.7% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas but sits about the same as the state average.
12.7% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Paynesville, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 32%.
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 Paynesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22049/paynesville/topic/family-households