2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Porepunkah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Porepunkah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Porepunkah are couples with children, making it a strong hub for family living. The area is less likely to have people living alone or single-parent homes compared to the state and national figures.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Porepunkah — higher than 50% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two people live in 40.8% of homes, and the typical household size of 2.5 people is about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures. Only 21.2% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
21.2% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Porepunkah, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.4% of local families, while 34.5% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 9.4%, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.4% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Porepunkah, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Porepunkah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22102/porepunkah/topic/family-households