2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Portland North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Portland North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 13.5% of people live alone in Portland North, a figure far below the national average. This makes it a place where most residents share their homes, with a high number of families and larger households compared to similar areas.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 North — higher than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This reflects a trend where nearly 46% of households consist of two people, while only 13.5% are single-person homes.
13.5% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Portland North, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families here, at 50.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.0%, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
11.0% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Portland North, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22111/portland-north/topic/family-households