2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pental Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pental Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 66.4% of the family types in Pental Island, making it a place dominated by family living. Households here are larger than usual, with an average of 2.8 people per home.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Pental Island — higher than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Pental Island are a little larger than the state and national figures, with 2.8 people per dwelling. This is consistent with only 16.1% of people living alone, a figure well below the national average.
16.1% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pental Island, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 3.1% of the local total, which is far below both the Victorian and Australian figures. The vast majority of families are couples, with 66.4% having children and 28.2% without.
3.1% ▲ +29.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pental Island, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Pental Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22057/pental-island/topic/family-households