2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pioneer Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pioneer Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Pioneer Bay than in most similar areas. This trend leads to a very small typical household size, with just 2.0 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
→ 0.0%
- 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 Pioneer Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 41.7% of homes are occupied by one person, a figure far above the Victorian and national averages. This helps explain why the number of people per home is well below the state and national figures.
41.7% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pioneer Bay, the largest group is 1 person at 41%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.1% of the area, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion is much higher than in most similar areas.
22.1% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pioneer Bay, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (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 Pioneer Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22077/pioneer-bay/topic/family-households