2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Portland · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Portland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 45% of families in Portland have children, making them the most common family type in the area. This mix of households is marked by a high number of people living alone and a higher-than-average rate of single parents. Overall, homes here tend to be smaller than the national typical.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Portland — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Portland holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. This is partly because 34.1% of households are people living alone, a rate well above the 25.6% seen nationally.
34.1% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Portland splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.4% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% national average. Other family types include couples without children, who account for 35.4% of the local total.
18.4% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Portland, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22110/portland/topic/family-households