2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Portarlington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Portarlington
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Portarlington are couples without children. This shift toward smaller households means the area has a much higher rate of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
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 Portarlington — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Portarlington holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the 32.6% of people living alone, a rate well above the Australian average of 25.6%.
32.6% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Portarlington, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 52.1% of families here, while 35.5% are couples with children. One-parent families account for 11.3%, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
11.3% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Portarlington, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 36%.
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 Portarlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22109/portarlington/topic/family-households